Love is Simple

Once I grasp not just with my head but with my heart that all these achievements, all my accomplishments eventually lead to bankruptcy if I don’t have love, my life suddenly becomes rather simple.

Yes, I still understand that we live in a complicated world and our own complicated selves add complications to our lives. But, amidst all the complexities, amidst all the complications, one and one thing only transpires over and above it all.

When Jesus was asked what the most important commandment was in the entire Law, what was the greatest rule for living, He gave this answer:

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets. Matthew 22:37-40

Love God.

Love your neighbor.

Simple?

Yes.

Easy?

Absolutely not!

In fact, it’s not just that it’s not easy. 

It’s impossible!

If you don’t agree, do a trial run.  For a week. Or even for a day.  By the end of the day, if we are honest with ourselves, every one of us will admit that our love account is bankrupt as well.

Without this realization of all-out bankruptcy, it’s impossible to enter into the kind of life God desires for us to live.  But when we finally do realize it, we are ready to begin receiving what God has been intending for us all along.