Leaving Your First Love

Revelation 2:4
"Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee because thou hast left thy first love."


Do you remember your first love? Remember the first time you fell in love with some boy or girl? It doesn't matter if your first love is the one you are married to, or if God has blessed you with a new love. No matter what, chances are, you remember the first time you truly fell in love and love was returned to you by someone special.

In Revelation 2, Paul is speaking to the church of Ephesus, he commends them for their separation and patience, but then in verse 4, he tells them they have left their first love. The church had lost sight of the love they had for Christ.

So many times, we as Christians are so much like the church at Ephesus. We have forgotten our first love, Jesus Christ. Do you remember when you first fell in love? You'd get a call from the special person, and you could stay on the phone for hours, just talking to them, getting to know them, sharing your heart with them. But how many times have we spent more than a half hour on our knees talking to God, getting closer to Him, and sharing our heart with Him? We have truly left our first love.

When your Special Someone talked to you, did you feel giddy or happy? Any time you finished talking on the phone, for example, did you keep smiling for the rest of the day? How about if we apply that to our spiritual life. Folks during the times of depression and need would stay on their knees for hours, or until God met their need. But nowadays, the most prayer some folks hear, is around the dinner table!

God help us get back to where we used to be when we first got saved, where we stay on our knees praying for God's guidance in our life! Why don't we get happy when we've heard from God? Why don't we stay happy all day after we've spent the morning on our face before God? We have truly left our first love!