How often do we make our lives more complicated than they really need to be? We let stress from jobs or school take over our lives. We complicate our lives with sin, we complicate our lives with stress, with unhealthy relationship, and with our schedules.
It would only seem natural to complicate our lives with God as well. We take a measure of all the good things that we have done against a measure of all the bad things we do. we often cause a matrix in our brain to determine how much the good things in our lives offset the bad, and we use that formula to determine how well we are walking with God.
But God does not exist in a formula, and our walk with God does not need to be complicated. God gave the Israelites 613 laws to follow. The Israelites, who wanted to live holy lives and to give proper respect to God's word, then proceeded to create more laws to ensure they would never break God's laws. They took the system God gave them and made it more complicated.
We still do this today, in various form. What we need to learn, however, is to take life simply. Jim Burns says, "Learning to appreciate the simplicity of our faith is an essential component of effective Christian living. So, take time to enjoy the simple things-in your faith, your family and your friendships. Though He's omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent, having a relationship with God really isn't all that complicated!"
Living Life
Friday, July 08, 2011
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