In a culture of compromise, it is tempting and easy to lose faith and hope. But just as Jesus called the church at Smyrna to be faithful to the end, so we must also hold to the truth once for all delivered to the saints in faithfulness.

There are many good things that we can do as believers in Jesus. However, unless our motivation is out of love for Jesus, in the end, it won't matter. Is it possible that in the busyness of our Christian lives that we have lost the point: a love for Jesus?