Simplicity

Hehe sorry I'm posting so late :(

Today's QT was on following Jesus. I think a lot of times, our ideas of following Jesus get really convoluted. We often make it more complicated than it has to be.

Like James and John, some of us miss the real picture because we get caught up in things that really shouldn’t taint our idea of following Jesus. They let their personal feelings get out of hand and insisted on calling “fire down from heaven to destroy” their enemies. I find myself doing similar things-—letting myself be motivated by feelings rooted in hatred.

God calls us to follow Jesus and love others by His example. It’s as simple as just living by Christ’s example. But with our evil human nature, we let things get in the way that shouldn’t.

Not only can we get confused in how we carry ourselves as we follow Jesus but also in following Jesus at all. Like the three examples given in the passage, I prioritize so many things before God, not even realizing how much I do so. The three men didn’t think they were doing anything wrong by trying to get all their own agendas finished up before giving their lives up to God. But Jesus tells them that none of that matters in comparison to following Him. It’s as simple as that.

I think that (though I feel like my post was really random and probably not connected very well) I’m getting an overall realization that I’ve been thinking too hard about my faith. I have all these agendas on my plate of when I want to finally get right with God or how I want to make sure to follow Him that I’ve forgotten to actually follow Him. I need to push aside a lot of things so that I can see the picture clearly, so I can see that the picture is clearly Jesus..and nothing else.

I guess my application is to go back to the beginning, the basics. I want to find God in the simple things and receive a child-like faith.