Why So Complicated?

Last week I found myself so busy that I feel like I hardly accomplished anything. Have you ever had weeks like that? You work hard all week, you're busy everyday but when you reflect back on the week you wonder where the time went and why you didn't accomplish much as all. Between meetings, taking kids here and there, meetings, services, rehearsals, meetings, small group and prep for the weekend, I felt like I was really busy but didn't go anywhere.

Why do we fill our schedules so much and allow life to become so complicated? I think we bring it on ourselves because we don't make "life" the priority. Instead we make everything else a priority because we think it will give us the "life" we want.

Isn't that the way our Christian walk is as well? We fill our life with so many "Religious Activities" in hopes that we will feel closer to God or feel better about ourselves when all God really wants us to do is to simply Love God and Love Others. I met with some friends on Friday night and we talked about this very issues. We (humans) tend to complicate everything from grocery trips to spiritual relationships and everything in between. When we allow our lives to become complicated it's very difficult to see truth from fiction and to see God at all.

John 17:3 says, "And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth."

"Life", Eternal Life is knowing God. So let's keep the Main Thing the Main Thing. That is, let's focus on Knowing God and Loving Others and everything else will fall into place.

I know this is basic stuff. It's simple but not-so-easy to do. However, what would our church, our families, our neighborhoods, our communities and our world look like if Christ Followers across the planet decided to focus on Knowing God and Loving Others?

Just a Thought!