So Simple
As the deer longs for streams of water,
so I long for you, O God.
I thirst for God, the living God. [1]
Human beings are complex. God designed us with the amazing ability to reason and logic and do what others in creation can not do: speak, laugh and believe in a Divine Creator© Our ability to think rationally is a gift we should be grateful for, but this ability sometimes causes us to take the simplest of principles and complicate them to the point of becoming ineffective. I find it amazing how we tend to over complicate things, especially theological things. It doesn’t have to be that way.
‘A minute to learn, a lifetime to master’ easily describes the the good news of Jesus. There is a simplicity to the gospel, so that even a child can comprehend it. There is also depth and infinite richness to the gospel, which means we can spend the rest of our lives learning, discussing, and applying it’s truths. [2]
St Jerome said it this way: “The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for theologians to swim in without ever reaching the bottom.”
We are never more fulfilled than when our longing for God is met by His presence in our lives; When our thirst for the things of the eternal are quenched by the dichotomy of the breadth and simplicity of the gospel…#pkes
[1] ~ Psalms 42 [2] ~ Bruxy, (re)union © ~ Newsweek, Inc 1998