We’ve all had the experience. Initial enthusiasm gives way to persistent dissatisfaction. A marriage filled with love and excitement takes work to stay filled with love and excitement. And so it is with other things. It almost doesn’t matter what it is, the shine wears off; the new becomes routine; the fabulous becomes the familiar. The honeymoon is over. This was the story of the church in Ephesus.
I began reading the book of Revelation almost 40 years ago. We had a large, old, fancy Bible in the house and I began reading it, prompted by some music I was listening to that had a few biblical references. This book, more than any other, led me to the Lord, so it has a gigantic place in my personal story of faith.
A pure church. A healthy church. A church that can overcome unhealthy or corrupting influences. That’s what we want and that’s what we need. More importantly that’s what Christ desires for His bride.
Longfellow translated the words of a German poet (Friedrich von Logau) like this:
“Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience stands He waiting, with exactness grinds He all.”
The point is that God’s judgment, though it may not come quickly by our standards, is certain and very exact.
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