Have you ever been in love? Remember the day with our first girlfriend/boyfriend? Nothing else
mattered to us. Wanting to spend time with him/her was the most important thing in our life.
Couldn’t think of anything else.
We married our first sweetheart, and then reality sinks in. Those emotions that made our early
days together so meaningful wither away, instead making our love a new and different person
that once provided rich and nourishing fruit. Before you knew it, we woke up and realized we’re
only going through the motions. The person we face across the breakfast table – if you have
time for breakfast together at all – is someone you no longer know.
That’s what happened in Ephesus. In the first chapter of Revelation, Jesus appears in a vision
to the beloved John, the last of the 12 disciples left alive to bear witness. The vision is terrifying.
John has reminded the churches he is writing to this terrifying day, the same one who loved
them enough to die for them, who has forgiven all their sins – the churches that belong to Jesus
will also come under scrutiny.
Can a person be so busy doing God’s work they are too busy for God? Yes. It happens to clergy
and layman. No one is immune. In fact, one mistake believers make is that they’re so busy
studying God’s word that they don’t have time to worship or pray. Church members find
themselves burned out because they want to do so much for God that they forget what God
wants most.
The most important relationship is our relationship with Jesus Christ. He knew their works.
Choir practice, Bible studies, and preaching the Gospel.
Jesus commended them. In spite the positive qualities, something was wrong. In
Revelation 2:4, Jesus said, “I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you
had at first.”
Add your email to get started, plus get updates & offers from SermonCentral. Privacy Policy .That is, he is saying "you have forgotten the one you used to put first." That they fallen out of love with` Jesus. It is important to love one another and love for Jesus come first, our love for people will get tangled and confused and result, in failure and disappointment.
Their first love had been Jesus himself, but they replaced Him with another lover, one that
only asked for their time or their money but made no claim on their hearts. It’s easier to
give time or money than our heart.
Paul told the Colossians, “whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of
the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father [Col 3:17]. Without God, it’s not worth doing.
Let’s make sure our work is under the power of the Holy Spirit, and not trying to build the
kingdom of God with human strength. Keeping our relationship strong is what worship is
intended to do: revive us so that our labor can belong to God.
If you don’t worship, you can’t love. If you don’t love, you can’t worship, the work and the
world will consume you.
No matter how good the works you do, if Jesus is not at the center you missing the target.
Love for Jesus comes first.
WHOSOEVER WILL WORSHIP MINISTRIES
La Marque, Texas 77568
Assoc: Pastor Wesley Fulton
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