Tuesday August 18th, 2020
Memorize: Revelation 2:4-5
« Jesus said to the Church at Ephesus, “You no longer have the love you had in the beginning. So remember where you were before you fell! Change your hearts and do what you did at first.” »
Read: Jeremiah 1:4-10, Jeremiah 2:1-3
Jeremiah lived during the reign of King Josiah and the kings after him. One day the Lord spoke to Jeremiah and said, “I chose you before you were born. I have a special purpose for your life: to be a prophet to the nations.”
Then Jeremiah answered the Lord, “Almighty Lord, I am too young. I don’t know how to speak.”
But the Lord said, “Do not say that you are too young, but go to the people I am sending you to. Do not be afraid of them for I will be with you and will protect you.” Then the Lord told Jeremiah to give the people of Judah this message; “I remember how faithful you were when you were young, how you loved Me as a bride loves her husband; how you followed Me through the desert. You belonged to Me alone; you were My special possession.”
How can I keep my love for God from growing cold?
What does someone have to do to become lazy and unfit? Nothing! How does a friendship fizzle out? By doing nothing!
Over time, the Israelite had stopped praying to God because they believed that other gods could help them. They had stopped reading God’s Law because they had lost it and forgotten to teach it to their children. They had stopped going to the Temple to worship God because they worshiped gods in other places. It was obvious that their love for the Lord was no longer important.
Jesus said that in the last days (before He comes again), most people won’t care about loving Him: “12 there will be more and more evil in the world. So most people will stop showing their love for each other.13 But the person who continues to be strong until the end will be saved.” (Matthew 24:12-13).
Don’t let your love for the Lord grow cold. Stay close to others who love Him; read His Word, and talk to Him about everything. That is how the warmth of His love will keep you faithful and strong to the end.
Study questions
- In your own words, explain in details today’s memory verse.
- Explain in details what it means to be chosen by God.
- Give three examples of what someone must do in order to stay strong until the end.
Author: Dave Strehler
Text edited by Naomie
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