[S] Revelations 2:3-4 --
3and you have perseverance and have endured for My name's sake, and have not grown weary.
4'But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
[O] Perseverance and endurance to serve God and to keep His name holy is all good, but they must originate from the first love of God. Without the love these will only turn into my own efforts of doing God's work without relying on God.
[A] Must re-examine my heart daily as I involve myself into His ministry. Is it based on the first love or based on my own efforts of keeping up with the ministry?
[P] Dear God, please keep my heart warm with Your first love! I want to please You with my first love kindled at all times even before carrying out Your ministry. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
Friday, August 28, 2009
Get Up, Go Out to the Plain
[S] Ezekiel 3:22-23, Revelations 2:4 --
22The hand of the LORD was on me there, and He said to me, "Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak to you."
23So I got up and went out to the plain; and behold, the glory of the LORD was standing there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar, and I fell on my face.
4'But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
[O] God invites Ezekiel to His presence out in the plain. It was not any place special like in the king's palace but just a plain but it was where God will speak to him (His hand was already on Ezekiel!). When Ezekiel obeyed to go to that place, behold God was indeed waiting for him there and he was able to recognize the same glory he experienced before. Passages like these are inspirations to me when I see the personal relationship God pursues with those He loves. (Yes, that means I wanna be one that God loves!) So all is left for me to do is to trust His instructions and follow every detail because that will lead me to the "plain" where He is awaiting to speak to me. In Revelations 2:4 God speaks to the Church of Ephesus that they have left their first love to God. He desires them to return to their first love again and again. As Ezekiel listened and went to where God was waiting, He is waiting for me all the time. It's always me that depart away from His first love; never Him turning away from me first.
[A] Jesus calls me every morning to "Get up, go out of your bed and meet me where I will speak to you." I want to not miss these appointments with Him every day.
[P] Dear Jesus, I am so wonderfully delighted to know that You call me every day to meet You so You may speak into my heart. I desire this and yet still leave you standing many days. Forgive my lack of discipline. I will continue to work towards meeting You everyday. In Your lovely name I pray. Amen.
22The hand of the LORD was on me there, and He said to me, "Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak to you."
23So I got up and went out to the plain; and behold, the glory of the LORD was standing there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar, and I fell on my face.
4'But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
[O] God invites Ezekiel to His presence out in the plain. It was not any place special like in the king's palace but just a plain but it was where God will speak to him (His hand was already on Ezekiel!). When Ezekiel obeyed to go to that place, behold God was indeed waiting for him there and he was able to recognize the same glory he experienced before. Passages like these are inspirations to me when I see the personal relationship God pursues with those He loves. (Yes, that means I wanna be one that God loves!) So all is left for me to do is to trust His instructions and follow every detail because that will lead me to the "plain" where He is awaiting to speak to me. In Revelations 2:4 God speaks to the Church of Ephesus that they have left their first love to God. He desires them to return to their first love again and again. As Ezekiel listened and went to where God was waiting, He is waiting for me all the time. It's always me that depart away from His first love; never Him turning away from me first.
[A] Jesus calls me every morning to "Get up, go out of your bed and meet me where I will speak to you." I want to not miss these appointments with Him every day.
[P] Dear Jesus, I am so wonderfully delighted to know that You call me every day to meet You so You may speak into my heart. I desire this and yet still leave you standing many days. Forgive my lack of discipline. I will continue to work towards meeting You everyday. In Your lovely name I pray. Amen.
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