Have We Left our First Love!

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Have we left or lost our first love? Are you (we) spiritually distracted? Has something else replaced your love for Jesus? We are responsible to act in a way that glorifies God. The Lord has reminded me how important it is to focus on Jesus rather than the battles the enemy labels us with. Sometimes fighting the spiritual battle before us can become so consuming that we take our spiritual eyes off God. Do not allow anything to come between you and your love for Jesus. Return to your first love lest you fall away and miss Heaven.

We want a move of God in churches, we want revival, but we have become too complacent and compromise has slipped in. The enemy of your soul won’t try to change your heart overnight. A church on fire for Christ doesn’t suddenly change in one day. It happens slowly. It may take a generation. Israel turned away from following the Lord in a matter of one generation. The church in Ephesus was doing all the right things, and yet they needed to repent. They had left their first love. (Revelation 2:4) I believe the church in Ephesus began to focus on the battle rather than Jesus. They focused on battling sin, rather than on loving the Savior. I feel they focused on what they thought they should confront rather than focusing on Jesus. Slowly, duty replaced love. Slowly, religious actions and hard work replaced their love for Jesus. The believers had forgotten what drew them to Jesus in the first place: the love of God. May we never forget the love of God, and may we never take our spiritual eyes off of the One who first loved us, and continue to love Him first. The believers in Ephesus were doing all the right things but their love for God was missing. They lost their first love. 

The foundation of the church was based on faith in Christ. However, over time and because some individuals drifted spiritually, the church drifted spiritually, and they all needed to be reminded to focus on Jesus and repent when necessary. Jesus spoke to John to call on the Ephesians to consider their actions and repent. We must learn to focus only on those things that are of God, allow that to consume us, and get back to our love for Jesus; those spirits not of God will flee in Jesus name. We will learn to magnify and praise Jesus in a way to where our battles don't consume and overcome us. I feel this all the way to my toes. May something posted or shared in this video bring encouragement and reminders to you like it has me. ❤🙌

Here is a link to my YouTube video devotion: Have you left your first LOVE?

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