Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers is a very good gauge for where our hearts are concerning the Lord!
I remember…the kindness of thy youth. —Jeremiah 2:2
Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me? Am I full of the little things that cheer His heart over me, or am I whimpering because things are going hardly with me? There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes. It is a great thing to think that Jesus Christ has need of me — “Give Me to drink.” How much kindness have I shown Him this past week? Have I been kind to His reputation in my life?
God is saying to His people — “You are not in love with Me now, but I remember the time when you were.” “I remember…the love of thine espousals.” Am I as full of the extravagance of love to Jesus Christ as I was in the beginning, when I went out of my way to prove my devotion to Him? Does He find me recalling the time when I did not care for anything but Himself? Am I there now, or have I become wise over loving Him? Am I so in love with Him that I take no account of where I go? Or am I watching for the respect due to me, weighing how much service I ought to give? If, as I recall what God remembers about me, I find He is not what He used to be to me, let it produce shame and humiliation, because that shame will bring the godly sorrow that works repentance.
This very attitude was addressed in the letters to the churches in Revelation 2:4:4 But I have this [one charge to make] against you: that you have left (abandoned) the love that you had at first [you have deserted Me, your first love]. AMP
Only YOU and Holy Spirit know where YOUR heart is at concerning this. Only YOU and Holy Spirit can make the changes that are necessary in order to walk in that place of being continually in love with Jesus! Don't let one day go by without thanking Him for Who He is and for ALL that He has done to bless your life! HE loves to hear your love expressed every bit as much as you do, from Him and others. Refuse to be silenced in this! HE deserves ALL of our praise and love. AMEN! Here is Hillsong with an older song called "You Deserve":
Shalom in Him!
