Devotions with Pastor Dick Guilfoil

"I remember . . . the devotion of your youth." Jeremiah 2:2
Am I as spontaneously devoted to God as I used to be,

• Or am I only expecting God to be devoted to me?

Am I full of the little things that cheer His heart over me,

• Or am I whimpering because things aren’t going well within me?

There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes.
It is a great thing to think that Jesus Christ has need of me - "Give Me something to drink."

• How much devotion have I shown Him this past week?
• Have I been devoted to His reputation in my life?

God is saying to His people - You are not in love with Me now, but I remember
the time when you were –
"I remember . . . the acts of love and obedience you have shown me in the past."
Am I as full of the extravagance of love to Jesus Christ as I was in the beginning?

• When I went out of my way to prove my devotion to Him.

Does He find me recalling the time when I did not care for anything but Himself?

• Am I there now, or have I become lukewarm with my love and devotion to Him?
• Am I so in love with Him that I take no account of where I go?
• Or am I watching for the respect due to me; weighing how much service I ought to give?

If, as I recall what God remembers about me,

• I find He is not what He used to be to me,

• Let it produce shame and humiliation in me, because that shame will bring the godly sorrow that will prompt repentance in my heart.

Pastor Dick