Good morning everyone, at least it's morning for me. I love the way God pokes me when He wants to remind me of how simple following Him is. I should run in here and put the thoughts down right when He gives them to me; but I am the world's best procrastinator.
I have been struggling with whether I am serving God to the best of my ability? I am not righteous by any means but I do consider myself devout in my desire to serve God and share the love of Christ. This got me to thinking of something I shared in my book that I considered extremely important to new believers. We must regularly return to the foundation of God's love and keep it simple, as the title infers. If you are wondering,you can trust that I put myself in that title first.
In Matthew 22:34-40 in response to the Pharisee Jesus states," ' Love the Lord your God with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ' Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
I hope and pray this becomes the base and cornerstone of your walk with Jesus. I have always felt that if I can fully grasp the basis of something I can better expand my understanding of the more complicated aspects. Knowing and learning of God's love for us is not complicated but it is at times, at least for me, a bit hard to wrap my head around. This passage brings me back to where Christ found me.
When I first came to Christ He enveloped me in knowing that I must love myself as He loved me. As I have stated before this is not a selfish love, but an accepting love of my imperfect humanity. One of my biggest issues before, and at times still is, my lack of self-esteem. In one way or another I too often feel I have not lived up to the worlds or my expectations. I don't know why I was not ingrained with self-confidence but I share it because I believe there are many, many people out there that are doing their best to fake it as I did.
I ask you to wrap your head around this scripture and see the simplicity, and wisdom of it. I have heard many people speak of how hard it is to follow all of God's rules. I can somewhat see their point if you try to do everything at once. I am ADD and one of my issues is trying to grasp multiple information. It all jumps in my head like spaghetti and I go nuts trying to put it in the proper order. In Matthew God makes it simple, love Me first, and love yourself like I love you and then you can love others properly.
I could go on and on, and some may think I have, but just think of how simple it is to follow the other commandments if we first commit ourselves to these. So if you are searching out this God thing or have accepted Jesus and feel as if you are falling short; please focus on this verse. Christ walk on this earth was mostly about making it easier for people to know the love God had for them. I have felt unloved and I just want you to know how much Christ loves you. Yours in Christ Mike
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