Revelation 2:4 "Nevertheless I have a complaint, you have left your first love"
How much do you love your smart phone? Probably not as much as the California man who married his phone in a Las Vegas wedding chapel last summer. Ok, so the ceremony in Vegas may have been ridiculous, but this man made his point about how people are connected to their phones. As crazy as it sounds to wed your phone, there's no denying the degree to which smart phones have infiltrated our daily lives. Studies show that Americans check their phones every six and a half minutes during waking hours or one hundred fifty times a day.
After a busy day at work or caring for children, couples desperately need meaningful conversation to help them reconnect, but for many the habit of conversation falls by the wayside, from long intimate talks focused on getting to know each other to short exchanges focused on administrating their lives, budget, to do lists, working through conflict and putting out the latest fire.
After speaking of all the church of Ephesus had accomplished, and all they had labored to do, the Lord says in Revelation 2:4, "Oh, there's one important thing, I want you to return to your first love". You first love is God's over the top love for you. Here's the question, are you spending more time on the work of the Lord, or on the Lord of the work? God loves you, that’s what brought you to Him! His love for you! Make that your focus today. Take some time and think about just how madly in love Jesus is with you!
