Have you lost your first Love?
We must never forget the simplicity in focusing on our first Love for Christ. What are you focusing on in your daily walk?
Chaff is lifeless, only a shell without the kernel. Chaff depicts a life without the Truth of Christ. The kernel represents true fruitfulness based on Love’s motivation.
It is written by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 1:
1 What delight comes to the one who follows God’s ways! He won’t walk in step with the wicked, nor share the sinner’s way, nor be found sitting in the scorner’s seat.
2 His passion is to remain true to the Word of “I AM,” meditating day and night on the true revelation of light.
3 He will be standing firm like a flourishing tree planted by God’s design, deeply rooted by the brooks of bliss, bearing fruit in every season of life. He is never dry, never fainting, ever blessed, ever prosperous.
4 But how different are the wicked. They are like chaff blown away by the wind.
Chaff also represents things within a person that GOD wants removed such as pride, hypocrisy, self-reliance, sin, and superficial faith.
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Luke chapter 3:
15 During those days, everyone was gripped with messianic expectations, believing the Messiah could come at any moment, and many began to wonder if John might be the Christ.
16 But John made it clear by telling them, “There is One coming Who is mightier than I. He is supreme. In fact, I’m not worthy of even being His slave. I can only baptize you in this river, but He will baptize you into the Spirit of Holiness and into His raging fire.
17 He has in His Hands a winnowing fork to clean up His threshing floor! He will separate the wheat from the chaff. The wheat He will gather into His barn, but He will burn the chaff in a fire that no one can ever put out!”
The threshing process becomes a picture of purification — separating what is Eternal from what is merely outward. We can connect this to trials and refinement, where GOD removes “chaff” from a person’s life to produce genuine character and faith. It is all based on Agape Love.
All success and progress in our lives carries “chaff”—unnecessary baggage that God wants to prune away to keep our hearts fresh. Often, as we achieve notable success, we will develop pride and self-reliance. We must guard against such tendencies by focusing on our full surrender to Christ.
God’s discipline is not meant to be punishment, but a form of pruning that prepares believers for greater fruitfulness. For those who are “listening” to the Word, this process happens through intimacy and obedience rather than just hard circumstances
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 6:
33 “So above all, constantly seek God’s Kingdom and His righteousness, then all these less important things will be given to you abundantly.”
We are to move beyond being mere consumers of ministry and instead adopt a lifestyle of total surrender, seeking God’s Presence above all else. What is your priority, to acquire stuff or come into FATHER’S Presence? As we surrender ourselves to HIM, our first Love will reignite, HIS Holy Fire will manifest in our lives, and the chaff will be burned away. It’s that simple!