Enjoying God and Other Rare Events - Steve Sampson

Enjoying God and Other Rare Events
expectancy.
Falling in Love Again
It is easy to fall in love. Few have that problem. But to stay
in love is another thing. God rebuked the church at Ephesus for
falling out of love.
“Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have
left your first love”
Revelation 2:4.
They had not lost their first love, they had left it! So many
books have been written concerning whether our salvation can
be lost. But the Bible does not say we lose it, but rather leave it.
This occurs when our hearts cool off and we leave that place of
intimacy and fervency where we once knew God. God tells us
how to fall in love again. “Remember therefore from where
you have fallen; repent and do the first works...” Revelation
2:5.
What are the first works? What did we do when we fell in
love? We were excited! We enjoyed their company. We thought
about them all the time. We talked about them constantly. We
anticipated time spent with them. We were affectionate with
them.
As newborn Christians, we were excited about God. We
talked to Him continually. We talked of Him to nearly everyone
we saw. We read and studied the Bible. We could not wait to get
to church. We prayed and worshiped with enthusiasm. No one
could dampen our childlike faith.
God is desirous that we return to that first love, that He may
once again reveal Himself to us. If we do not heed His call, the
warning is clear,
“...I will come to you quickly and remove your
lampstand from its place—unless you repent”
Revelation 2:5.
The lampstand always represents the prophetic flow of
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