Embrace the Within no. 94

“To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.”

Tim Keller

To know love is to know God. To not know love is to not know God. It sounds really simple BUT there are a lot of simple answers to how complicated I pretend life is. I make things a lot more complicated than they ever need be.

I have spent the last few years working on simplification. I am doing this because the less distractions I have, then the less I have to turn my attention from what is important. I can get myself so busy and so worried about so many things. I can divert my attention to so many distractions and diversions. Or I can choose to simplify and find the solutions in simplicity.

God answers really simple solutions. Solutions so simple that the way of the world finds them foolish. And that is the point of the Way of the Lord. His Way looks foolish to their way. When I was in that way, all the simplest answers seemed ignorant and foolish too. I thought things had to be complicated and involve so many steps. BUT, I have learned that the simplest steps in accepting Christ and following His Commandments, as simple as they are, are extremely difficult. Those two basic commandments of loving God and my neighbor seem so basic and simple BUT are quite often a daily struggle. If I love God, then I need to follow His rules. If I love God, then I need to love my neighbor. Both sound so simple until we step outside.

I see so many broken people and broken lives in my walk. I am sure you see them as well. They have an incomplete understanding of love and you just want them to know how complete that feeling can become. And knowing that all it takes is simple obedience. All it takes is to simply SHEMA to what He says. To really listen and act on what He says.

BUT, I used to think I had better answers. I used to think I was going to bend this world into my image. I was going to make a better world. BUT the perfect world is out there and I just didn’t see it. And a lot of us still don’t see the simplicity of our walk with Him. Two simple commands that take an eternity to embrace.

“My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements. For they shall increase the length of thy dayes and the yeeres of life, and thy prosperitie. Let not mercie and trueth forsake thee: binde them on thy necke, and write them vpon the table of thine heart. So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome. In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes. Be not wise in thine owne eyes: but feare the Lord, and depart from euill. So health shalbe vnto thy nauel, and marowe vnto thy bones.”

Proverbs 3:1-8 GNV

Shavua tov. Shalom to your home. Bless your being. The reign of YHWH is now. Be a blessing to YHWH and others.

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