MY
DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Sunday
March 12, 2017
Topic:
No Excuse (I)
Text:
Revelation 2:1 – 7
Today and in the next six days, we
shall be looking at letters to the seven churches in Asia as we have in the
book Revelation. This church at Ephesus had steadfastly refused to tolerate sin
among its members. This was not easy in a city noted for immoral sexual
practices associated with the worship of Artemis. God noted their patience, not
bearing those who were evil and how they tested those who say they were apostles
but were not. They were liars (Revelation 2:2).
He acknowledged them for their
perseverance and not being wearied in their labours for Him (Revelation 2:3).
Yet, He had something against them: They had left their first love for Him (Revelation
2:4). This was a church Paul once praised for their love for God and others
(Ephesians 1:15). After the death of foundering members, the next-generation
believers lost their zeal for God. They became a busy church to benefit
themselves and the community, acting out of the wrong motives. The work for God
motivated by love, last long.
We are also living in times of
prevalent sin and sexual immorality. In our time, some people are open-minded
to sin and calling them personal choices or alternative life-styles. Such societal influence should not be an excuse to join them. However,
when the church begins to tolerate sin, it is lowering and compromising the
standards set by Christ. Today, we have become too busy to attend church
programmes and activities. This is
evidence, that we, like the Ephesians, have lost our first love. The moral
decadence in our society should not be an excuse to turn against God. That
everybody is doing it doesn’t mean you should. Romans 2 verse 1 warns us.
Food
for Thought:
Have you lost your first love for God as a result of societal influence?
Memory
verse: Revelation
2 verse 4
Prayer:
Restore me to my first love for you, O God, and help me to reorder my motives
in your service in Jesus name. Amen
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