Your First Love

Day 2

 

Your First Love

 

 

"Yet I hold this against you:You have forsaken your first love."

 

 

Revelation 2:4



Do you remember your first love? There was that special someone that captured your heart. I certainly remember that first girl I fell for.

 

Her name was Sandy and she lived down the street from me. I don't really remember if Sandy was a blond or a brunette. I don't remember if Sandy was short or tall. I cannot recall what color her eyes were. Sandy was out of my league. She had something that elevated her above all others, something that made hair or eye color unimportant. What Sandy had was a Davy Crockett coonskin cap.

 

When I was a little kid Davy Crockett was bigger than the Beatles or Cabbage Patch dolls. Every kid wanted a coonskin cap. We all watched Fess Parker play Davy Crockett on TV every week. And Sandy had one of those awesome Davy Crockett hats.

 

In Revelation 2 Jesus tells the church at Ephesus that he is pleased with how hard they had been working and the deeds they had done. He was also pleased that they had stayed doctrinally sound. Then he says, "I have this against you: You have forsaken your first love." Those people were doing the right thing, they believed the right thing, but their love for Jesus had grown cold. 

                                                                                    

 It's one thing to forget your kindergarten sweetheart;  it's entirely different to forget Jesus. We believe the right things and we do the right things (because of habit), and we forget Jesus in our daily life. We take him for granted and our love grows cold.

 

Jesus said there is a two point remedy for this. He said we should remember and repent. We need to remember how Jesus loved us and died on a cross for our sins. We need to repent and turn back to Jesus being an important part of our everyday life.

    

My family moved out of the neighborhood where Sandy lived. I don't know what became of Sandy, and I confess I haven't thought about her all that much. I have often wondered what happened to that coonskin cap.

 

Upon Further Review:

 

Read Revelation 2:1-7

• What are all the good things said about the church at Ephesus?
• What do you think is the significance of removing the lamp stand?
• What is the benefit of being an overcomer?