"Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love."

                            -Revelation 2:1-4 

 Now I know that I recently touched on this issue with my post, "Love the Lord", a few days ago, but it's something that has really been on my heart lately.

Yesterday I was reading in the book of Revelation and these four verses really spoke to me. I read as Christ commended the church of Ephesus for their works, patience, and labor. In other words, they did all the right things. On the outside, everything was fine. However, Christ had "somewhat against them" because they had left their first love.

"And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment."

                            -Mark 12:30

Jesus said that loving God is the first, or most important, commandment. It doesn't matter how much we do for the Lord, if we don't have a love for Him in our heart then it doesn't matter. Love for God produces works, but works doesn't necessarily indicate love. We've got to have both.