Do You Have a Lamp Stand?

Listen to this blog.

This is what you must write to the angel of the church in Ephesus:

I am the one who holds the seven stars in my right hand, and I walk among the seven gold lampstands. Listen to what I say.

I know everything you have done, including your hard work and how you have endured. I know you won't put up with anyone who is evil. When some people pretended to be apostles, you tested them and found out they were liars.

You have endured and gone through hard times because of me, yet you have not given up.

But I do have something against you! And it is this: You don't have as much love as you used to.  Think about where you have fallen from, and then turn back and do as you did at first. If you don't turn back, I will come and take away your lampstand.

Revelation 2:1-5

If you work hard and endure. If you won't put up with anyone who is evil. If you root out false apostles and prove them to be liars and endure and go through hard times because of Jesus and have not given up, but then you let your love fade, you are in danger of having your "lamp-stand" taken away.

Have you noticed that unloving people who do all the right things are not good witnesses for Jesus? A lamp stand puts the light up high enough that many people can see it. Without a lamp stand the light shines for only a few to see.

Jesus wants the world to notice His followers who are filled with His love. As a follower of Jesus, if you are not shining forth with the love of Christ, He may take away your lamp stand.

Is your light on a lamp stand? Can the love of Christ be seen by men and women far and wide through you? If the answer is "no," then it is time to work on your love. When you combine the light of the Gospel of Jesus with His love flowing through you, Jesus sets you on a lamp stand for many to see.

As a follower of Jesus Christ, when you love those who don't love you, Jesus lifts you up for all the world to see His glory shining through you!