Remind And Return!
"Nevertheless I have this against you,
that you have left your first love."
Revelation
2: 4
Reminders are part of daily life. We enter reminders in
our phone or computer calendar, we stick notes on
the
refrigerator or the bathroom mirror and ask others to,
“Please remind me to...” Remind means “to call to
mind again.”
Just as we are in danger to forget practical things
in our life, so we are likely, if we are not careful, to
forget spiritual commitments. Christ admonished
the church at Ephesus about that
very thing—
letting their love for Christ fade over time.
They had forgotten the love they had for Christ when
they first came to Him in faith. He exhorted them to
“repent and do the first works” (Revelation 2:5)—the
good works that characterized the early days of their
faith.
They had to remind themselves of
their love for Christ and return to it.
The same thing happens to us if we're not careful.
We grow complacent, and our faith can grow cold.
Encourage ourselves and others to continue in the
faith until Christ returns (Hebrews 10:23-25). Begin
today by meditating on God’s love for you.
"It is possible to be so active in the
service of Christ as to forget to love
Him."
P. T. Forsyth
