Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left the first love. Revelation 2:4
So after life hard lessons and prayers that one would really desired to be answered yes, but come up no. How do you keep your first love for all that Jesus Christ, did for us? I asked because my spirit is in deep sorrow, as I think of all the no(s), God has answered to prayers that I have so longed for; and see very little of any yea, as promised by God, II Corinthians 1:19-20.
Greetings,
What God has promised us He has already in His heart done. It is up to us through His word to develop our faith to the point we can stand against the pressures (persecution for the words sake) that the enemy the devil comes with.
God does not say no to what He has promised in His word. Any hold ups will most likely be on our end. Seek Him and find out where you missed something and then repent (turn and fix it) and watch what happens.
God's word proves true and just always and is backed by all the honor of His name.
However there are kingdom laws to be obeyed. These are His commands such as walking in love and forgiveness and remember the word if in His word. Example......if you do what is written.......God will make sure His word or promise is done for you.
We must strive to learn how to operate in his kingdom ( simply meaning living and doing what and how He has set forth for us to live)
His word is His will for man.
Now about the keeping your first love.
That's easy and yet hard. Lol let me. Explain. ....
Living and loving God is easy
Not doing things our way or praising God when we don't want to is hard.
How big is your want to ?
If it is big enough then you can make a quality choice to not allow anything to get in your way and seek God's heart and become more and more In Love with Him.
Once we a rive at this place then nothing can separate us from our first love which is simply loving God so much that Him and His word or way of doing things becomes the most high priority over all other things in your life.
The hard part is disciplining the flesh and not giving ear to the things the enemy tries to bring our way.
I struggled here for many years until I understood that I was the only one who could ever hold me back.
Blessings
FCJ