I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for My name and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. (Revelation 2:2–5, NIV 1984).
My Musings – Working hard and plowing through, even through hardships, don’t mean a lot if not motivated by love. May we never have to hear these words, “yet I hold this against you.”
My Advice – Remember. “The things we did at first,” were likely motivated by love. If we fall from that, it is a big fall.
“If I [work hard and plow through], but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” (1 Corinthians 13:1, NIV 1984).
