I
think a lot of times we try to be well-pleasing to Jesus, but we do this
through trying to earn His favor. We run around trying to do everything
and be good enough at it that if we finally make it to a platform, Jesus must
be pleased with us.
However,
we are making it complicated and this comes from a wrong view of the Father. We
tend to do this with our human fathers as well. But the Father never said He
wanted us doing all these things for Him. Actually, He laid it out
quite simply: "For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious
for you, nor is it far off....See, I have set before you today life
and good, death and evil, in that I command you today to love the LORD
your God" (Deuteronomy 30:11,15,16). Do the first commandment first, Love the
Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.
First
things first. Simple. I want to spend my time Loving.
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