The enemy of your soul won’t try to change your heart overnight. Has my love for God unknowingly lessened?
With all the political noise swirling around with all the violence, anger, pain and loss in seeing or hearing in the news of personal attacks against someone because of what they believe: Has that affected how I view or love a person? I feel these are legitimate questions we need to ask ourselves in light of all that is happening around us. With everything going on in the world with the pressures of life and the virus pandemic in its 6th-plus month with having to wear masks and having to be socially distant from one another: Am I loving others and loving God in the same manner that I once did when I first believed? Or has my love faded over time? Is my love for both God and others displayed in how I live?ĭo I love the Lord with all my heart and are my actions in line with the heart of God as it was when I first believed?ĭo my actions display my love for God in such a way that others see my love for Jesus and a love for people who are lost, so that they will experience the love of Jesus that I experienced for themselves? Is my heart and love for God worthy of the Gospel? I found myself turning to Revelation 2 and reading about the church in Ephesus. Meaning, living a life worthy of the Gospel also involves the motive and manner by which you live and conducts your life. I thought more about that question this week and came to consider the idea that living a life worthy of the Gospel is much more than how a person lives, it is also about the heart. I asked the question: Are we living our lives in a way that is worthy of the gospel of Christ? Last week we looked at Philippians 1:27-30 where we find that the Apostle Paul challenges the Philippians to live in such a manner that whatever might come their way in life, they would be ready and conduct themselves in a manner that is worthy of the gospel of Christ and so, to contend for faith in Christ. Several weeks ago, I shared a message titled A Call to Perseverance and we looked at Matthew 7:24-29. Ephesus: a church that lost sight of its first Love.