"For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end."  (Heb 3:14)
 
 
Easier said than done.  With that verse, I don't know how many people will become the partakers of Christ.  There are many questions we can ask ourselves to reexamine our faith in God. 
 
We often have spurts of zeal for God, but how often do those spurts last.  Are they over by the time our growth spurt ends or do they persist on til' our skin sag? 
 
It is true that God is always in the back of our mind, but why isn't He always in the 'front' of our minds? 
 
Do we only think of God when trouble arises or is He a part of our daily decision making? 
 
Do we cease to remember God's omnipotence when the period after a miracle prolongs?
 
It is fit then to mention the lesson given to the church of Ephesus, "Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love."  Have we left the first confidence we established in God while we were still ignorant?  The church of Ephesus was cautioned by God to 'repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place--unless you repent.'  Let us take heed of this caution as one that was given to us so that we may keep our lampstand when the time comes.