Revelation 2:4 English Standard Version (ESV) But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.
The Amplified version ads [you have lost the depth of love that you first had for Me]. That does not happen instantly, it happens little by little. We might not even notice it because it is so gradual. We don’t question our love and commitment, we question the love and commitment of others. We do self-examinations about sin nature, attitudes, language, even sincerity but not our love.
Part of that might have something to do with the depth of love God identifies in 1 Corinthians 13. It is tough to match up to agape love, God’s perfect love. We write it off as being human, like it is an excuse. We are not perfect and won’t be until we are translated. That is just another excuse.
We should look back at our behaviors when we first came to love the Lord. What did we do then that may have fallen by the wayside. With all relationships the first sign of slippage is failure to remember to say thank you. We start taking the relationship for granted. He will never leave us and in that security we don’t see ourselves drifting off into complacency.
Isaiah 29:13-14 English Standard Version (ESV)
13 And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men, 14 therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder upon wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”
Wisdom vanishes and discernment is hidden. The heart that once loved God with depth is found to be shallow when it concerns itself.