From Christfollower to Treasuring God

You may have noticed, I changed the name of my blog from Christfollower to Treasuring God. I would like to say this was the result of deep prayer and Bible study. I would love to say that God spoke to me and told me to change the name of my blog. But it was not that. I changed the name of the blog because we are going to create a link from the church website TresureGOD.org...and we wanted it to match.



But...come to think of it, I like the new name better. Christfollower focuses more on action, on performance, while Treasuring God focuses on the heart. The problem with the church at Ephesus in Revelation 2:1-7 was not that they didn't do enough. Verse 2 says they did many good works. Their problem was not bad doctrine (again, see verse 2). Their problem was that they didn't Treasure God. They had left their first love.



Somebody recently told me that they have been having a "grace awakening". As they have been learning about God's unconditional love for them, and as they realized that because of the imputation of Christ's rightousness they are "dearly loved" (Col. 3:12), "the apple of His eye" (Zech. 2:8), "their name is written on His hands" (Is. 49:16), and He "rejoices over them with singing" (Zeph. 3:17) - something has happened. Revival is going on. They said that they are finding themselves loving and treasuring God as they once did.



That is what we all need. Because when that happens, everything changes.



Thy mercy is more than a match for my heart,

Which wonders to feel its own hardness depart.

Dissolved by Thy goodness, I fall to the ground

And weep for the praise of the mercy I've found.

-John Stocker (1777)