KEEP IT SUPREMELY SIMPLE. Contained in that statement is a great operating system for life. I believe it is echoed in the words of Moses when he said, “Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.” (Deuteronomy 4:39)
This is one of the aspects of our faith that I so very much appreciate: its simplicity of focus. We do not have to keep a long list of gods that we must appease. We do not have to remember which god wants what when. We, in fact, do not even have to wonder if were worshipping the correct god, because according to the passage quoted above, “There is no other.” How simple is that?!
The key therefore in living our daily lives is to keep what is “supreme” in our lives “simple.” The God, spoken of in the Bible, is the One who said, “You must not have any other gods but me.” (Exodus 20:3) Why? Simply because there are no other gods but Him. Our task is thus to keep this one true God supreme.
How? The Apostle Peter writes that we are to “set apart in our hearts Christ as Lord.” (1 Peter 3:15) That is we are to consider what Jesus wants before, and over, what we want. We are to remember that He is Creator and we are the created. He is Lord and we are servant. He is Eternal and we are finite. He is all-knowing and all-powerful and we are so very limited. He is God, and we are not.
Our lives are to be lived in simple obedience to His almighty suprem-acy. Living life like He matters.
Simple. Not necessarily easy, but simple nonetheless.