SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 02/12/2005
My Worship Time Focus:
Hang on to your First Love
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Revelations 2:4
Message of the verse:
4 ‘But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. (NAS95)
4 But I have this against you, that you are turned away from your first
love. BBE
Jesus
Christ, the One who sees and knows all, has something against this church, and
that is because they have left there first love. This first love that He is talking about is
Himself and it is this love for the Lord Jesus Christ that should motivate a
believer to do good works for the cause of Christ. John spoke of this kind of love in his first
letter, and he spent a lot of time showing that as a believer grows in his love
for the Lord that he will be growing in his Christian maturity. A person can never do enough good works to be
accepted by God, and a believer must do his works for the cause of Christ with
the proper motive, and not be doing them in the power of the flesh or it will
not count for anything.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: This is a verse that I have though about on
many occasions and it has spoken to my heart, and at other times it has been
somewhat confusing to me because of the two previous verses.
In my walk
with the Lord I want to grow in grace, knowledge, and especially love for the
Lord Jesus Christ, as the Lord has been convicting me in this area of love, and
it is difficult for me to do, yet it should not be that difficult because
without the love of the Lord to me I would never have anything, and with His
love for me I have all that is needed to live upon this earth and to live in
eternity. Jesus paid it all, all to Him
I owe, sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow.
The Word of God has brought conviction and challenge to my
heart as I read it this morning.
My Steps of Faith
Today: That the Lord Jesus Christ
will “Have Thine Own Way” with me.
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