One of Paul\u2019s letters was to the church at Ephesus. They were spiritual, doctrinally sound, and exemplary in their love for Christ. Then Jesus says to that same church years later, \u2018You don\u2019t love Me or each other as you did at first! Look how far you have fallen! Turn back to Me and do the works you did at first.\u2019<\/i> (Revelation 2:4\u20135\u00a0NLT) <\/p>\n
Has your love for God grown cold? Then you must go back to where you first met Him and seek Him again like you did before you had heard so much and seen so much; before the pressures of life had worn you down. \u2018But I\u2019m busy doing the Lord\u2019s work,\u2019 you say. Beware; busyness and barrenness go hand in hand! <\/p>\n
Three times Jesus asked Peter, \u2018Do you love Me?\u2019 And hesaid to Him, \u2018Lord, You know all things; You know that[the extent to which] I love You.\u2019<\/i> (John\u00a021:17\u00a0NKJV) Oswald Chambers said, \u2018Beware of anything that competes with loyalty to Jesus Christ. The greatest competitor of devotion to Jesus is service for Him.\u2019 <\/p>\n
When Peter decided to go fishing that night, he may have been making a decision to get away from everything and go back to where he first met the Lord. That\u2019s a good move if you also seek the Lord there! When you get discouraged, you will either go back to the One who can save, keep, and satisfy, or you will go back to whatever was going on in your life before you met Him. That\u2019s not a good move! Why? Because the Bible says Peter fished all night and caught nothing.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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