"In the Old Testament, the Israelites often said, "The Lord our God is one Lord [the only Lord]" (Deuteronomy 6:4). And I always wondered why they made such a big deal out of God being One.
Then I realized that the heathens were deceived into believing there was a god for everything. Can you imagine how complicated that must have been? To have a baby, they talked to the god of fertility. To grow crops, they talked to the god of the harvest. And all these different gods required different sacrifices for healing, peace, or whatever the people lacked.
They must have been busy just running around to false gods. That's why it was such good news when the one true God revealed Himself and said, "I've got it all. Anything you need, you can come to Me."
The Lord our God is One.
The word simple means "one": "umixed", "free of secondary complications." The word pure also means "one": "unmixed with any other matter".
Whatever I need, I can go to the one pure God. If I need peace, if I need righteousness, if I need hope, if I need joy, if I need healing, if I need finances, if I need help - whatever I need, I simply to go the one true God. That is simple. That delivers me from complication. The Lord our God, He is One.
Jesus' message that He came so we might have and enjoy our lives so abundantly they would overflow was intended for us in the twenty-first century. God did not mean for life to be as complicated as it is today. As Paul said, "I'm concerned for you, that you are going to lose the simplicity of Christ." We simply need to know who we are in Christ. We need to know that God has in individual plan for each one of us."
And THAT my friends, will lead to simple and joyful life.
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