Anybody ever get a new job, start a new hobby or begin a new project that you were really excited about or thoroughly enjoyed--for the first few months...or weeks...or days? What happened then? The newness wore off. It got old.
The same happens in our Christian life. After time the newness of being saved and having a relationship with God wears off; and we get bored. In our jobs, the result is going to work is a drag. We do it anyway...bills don't pay themselves. With hobbies and projects, we set it aside with the self-promise that we'll finish it later. In our relationship with God, though, we can't afford to just forget about it. And dragging our way through it isn't good enough. We have to rekindle that first love.
I can't tell you how to do this other than to say, just treat it like a human relationship that gets old. You have to shake things up in some way. Take time to talk it over with Him. Revisit what He's done for you. Find a way, though, to get back that first love. It's vitally important.
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