K.I.S.S? Keeping it simple and straightforward.
Lets' be honest. A lot of u are reading this because of the anagram? Wondering what it stands for, attaching different meanings etc., and in short making it a complex puzzle. That's natural. We love complexity and I call it the complexity syndrome.
If we love our neighbor as ourselves, we will never ever hurt him or her or even think about it. Adultery, murder, covetousness - all are removed.
You get the picture. Let's not fall into the complexity syndrome and end up with nothing. Let not the means God has given us to live by, become the end.
Lets' be honest. A lot of u are reading this because of the anagram? Wondering what it stands for, attaching different meanings etc., and in short making it a complex puzzle. That's natural. We love complexity and I call it the complexity syndrome.
So many business organizations also go through this complexity phenomenon as well, with the result they lose focus on what they started out to do.
And that is what happens in Christian life too. We can complicate it so much with dos and don'ts that we lose focus on the end. The means become the end.
For example, we are taught to follow the commandments, which most of us think are 10. Did you know there are 613 commandments in the Bible? Can I follow all 613? Probably not. But Christ made is simple and straightforward when He said in Mark 12: 29- 31:
The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
These two commandments sum up the all. If we love our God only, we place him above all else - money, time, people, family, etc, not letting anything or anyone take a priority over God.
The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
These two commandments sum up the all. If we love our God only, we place him above all else - money, time, people, family, etc, not letting anything or anyone take a priority over God.
If we love our neighbor as ourselves, we will never ever hurt him or her or even think about it. Adultery, murder, covetousness - all are removed.
You get the picture. Let's not fall into the complexity syndrome and end up with nothing. Let not the means God has given us to live by, become the end.
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