Jesus said,
“’Love the Lord your God with all your passion & prayer &
intelligence.’
This is the most important, the first on any list.
But there is
a second to set alongside it.
‘Love others as well as you love yourself.’
These
two commandments are pegs,
everything in God’s Law & the Prophets hangs
from them.”
–Matthew 22:37-40(the Message)
I am
thankful for the gift of the Gospel.
I love the
radical teachings of Jesus. I think we often forget how simple the Gospel is.
Instead we make it into a putrid, bloated, monstrous thing with complicated
rules, weighty traditions & cumbersome legalism. Harsh? Maybe... but
consider this...
In Matthew
11, Jesus asks us, “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to
me. Get away with me & you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take
a real rest. Walk with me & work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the
unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.
Keep company with me & you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
Which one
resonates in your heart?
What does
your faith look like?
Does it love God & love others?
Cause that is IT
people.
We need to
give up the preconceived ideas we have of religion & lay them at the feet
of our savior… Picking pick up His precious grace gift to us & begin to
pour it out onto others.
Love God.
Love Others.
Simple.
Beautiful.
Perfect.
Gospel.
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