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It's Not that Complicated

I think we overcomplicate living for Jesus sometimes.  

I woke up this morning saying this to myself.  
Like literally, opened my eyes and this was running in my head.  

I'm an over thinker, and over analyzer, and over explainer.  I always have been and that has been a hinderance to me so many times.  Jesus is teaching me to just be.  Live for Him, speak to Him, walk in Him, and let Him work where He needs to work.

Living for God isn't complicated. We make it complicated.  
We feel like we need to fully understand all the mysteries of our Father and be perfect little human beings before we can accomplish anything in Him. 

We try to "do" our way to his heart. 
If we pray this amount, He will pick me.
If we work this hard, He will approve of me.
If we take out or add XYZ to my life, then He will accept me.

We have it backwards.

Because He loves me, I want to talk to Him.
Because He loves me, I want to work for His Kingdom.
Because He loves me, I want to live a holy life, separated unto Him.

He simply wants us to realize how much He loves us. 

Once we realize the ginormous (is that a word) amount of love He has for us, all 'the things' that encompass living with a holy heart will fall into place.  

Why wouldn't we want to give all to a God who totally loves us unconditionally so much so that He gave His innocent life for us. 

I think our problem today is that we don't understand this love.  We don't want to die to ourselves because of this love.  And we want to try to educate ourselves into understanding it.  You can't.  You just accept it.

Stop overcomplicating living for Jesus.

Ask Him to reveal to you the depths of His love for you and see where that will take you in your walk to be more like Jesus and to have a true, intimate, holy relationship with the one who gave it all for you.


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