Let God love you!

Have you ever felt that your initial passion for God has faded amid the hustle and bustle of daily life? You’re not alone. Today, Ryan Aitken, from South Africa, invites you on a journey of rediscovery: to return to your first love, to seek the God of miracles more than the miracles themselves. It’s time to put Jesus back at the center and experience the overwhelming joy of His eternal presence that transforms everything!

Rediscovering intimacy: falling in love every day

Often, on our journey of faith, we run the risk of becoming “professionals” of Christianity. We move from one service to another, from one commitment to another, perhaps even seeing great things happen, but feeling a growing emptiness in our hearts. I’ve come to realize that success can become a kind of addiction: when you see people healed or your business grow, you’re motivated to keep going, but if you take your eyes off the Liberator to focus only on liberation, you risk losing the key to the Kingdom. Today, the Lord is addressing you with the same call we read in the book of Revelation: “You have forgotten your first love” (Revelation 2:4).

I want to encourage you to remember those glorious days when you read the Word and felt your heart catch fire, weeping with gratitude and wonder. No matter how long I’ve been walking with Jesus, my desire is to wake up every morning and fall in love with Jesus even more than I did yesterday. I’ll tell you a secret: true greatness in Heaven isn’t measured by the miracles we perform, but by the intimacy we have with the Father. Once I dreamed about Heidi Baker, a great missionary; in the dream, I was trying to impress her with my best healing testimonies, but she just yawned. Only when I began to tell her how much God loved me and how I was the object of His love did she begin to weep, and the glory of God filled the whole place. As Psalm 42:2-3 says: “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God”. Don’t let familiarity extinguish the flame; ask Jesus today to rekindle that wild fire in your heart, because only He can fully satisfy you.

God’s presence is our true reward

We live in a world that constantly seeks tangible results, and even within the Church we can fall into the trap of placing our faith exclusively in miracles rather than in the God of miracles. Certainly, miracles are part of God’s nature, and I myself am grateful for every healing and divine intervention I have witnessed. But hear me clearly: everything material will pass away, while His presence is eternal. God said to Abraham, “I am your greatest reward” (Genesis 15:1). Not the crowd, not fame, but He Himself—His smile and that flow of love that goes from Him to us and back again.

For a period of thirty days, the Lord asked me to come to a complete standstill. I wasn’t praying for anyone, I wasn’t preaching; I was simply the object of His love. In that rest, I felt waves of love wash over me and His voice whispering how much I was loved, without having done anything to deserve it. This is the reward I desire for you tonight: that you may understand the height, depth, breadth, and length of Christ’s love. Moses on the mountain sought His face, not just His hand. Exodus 33:15 says, “If Your presence does not go with me, do not let us go up from here”. When we have His presence, we have everything. It brings miracle upon miracle naturally, because it is the atmosphere of Heaven invading the earth. Do not seek only the blessing; seek the One who blesses. Imagine living every moment aware that the Lion of Judah roars beside you, unleashing a victory that goes beyond all your understanding. His presence is the place where shame is wiped away and where we finally become citizens of Heaven, breathing love like vital air.

Manifesting the Kingdom: justice, peace, and joy

Jesus did not come merely to take us to Heaven, but to bring Heaven within us so that we might manifest it here on earth. He taught His disciples to pray: “Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven” (Matthew 6:10). But what exactly is this Kingdom? Scripture defines it this way: “For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit” (Romans 14:17). It is not about human traditions or external rules, but the vibrant reality of His life within us. When His Kingdom comes, order is restored: sicknesses vanish, marriages are healed, and oppressed hearts find freedom.

You are citizens of this Kingdom, and you have been sent to demonstrate it. Jesus has commissioned each of you to heal the sick and set the oppressed free—not by your own strength, but because the King lives within you. In Thailand, where Christianity is a small minority, we are seeing thousands of people being baptized because God’s time has come. I believe with all my heart that the same thing is happening in Italy; there is a sound of revival emerging. So do not neglect the day-to-day details, but remain on fire for the King. Remember Jesus’ words in the Great Commission: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:18-19). Bring the Kingdom wherever you go—into your family, at work, among friends—knowing that the joy of the Spirit is your strength. When we fix our eyes on Jesus, the King, then His world invades ours, and everything out of place is instantly set right.

If you feel the need to return home, into the Father’s embrace, join me in this prayer:

Jesus, thank You for loving me. Thank You for calling me home to You, to Your love, right now. Jesus, I want to fall in love with You right now; I truly want to fall madly in love with You, I want to love You every day of my life, I want the fire of first love in my heart. Wash away and take away my sins; set me free so I can run into Your loving arms. I pray in your most holy name, Jesus. Amen.