"But he's already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It's quite simple: do what is fair and just to your neighbor, be compassionate and loyal in your love, And don't take yourself too seriously — take God seriously."
Everything can be quite simple if we let it. Don't take yourself too seriously. When you start to think of yourself more often than you think of God or the souls of others around you, things get complicated, ugly and God-less. We should take ourselves (and the things that we do on a day to day basis) much less seriously than we sometimes do, and we should take our precious almighty ever-present God, king of the universe, and sweet savior of our hearts much more seriously than we (most of the time) do. We get flippant and lazy about our walk with Him and His love for us, and we find ourselves up-tight, anxious and high strung about the house being messy, what the guy from work thinks of us, and being stuck in a traffic jam. If we think about it, our minds are consumed with ourselves, our needs, our wants, our jobs, us us us too much. Way too much.
When the day to day get's serious and overwhelming (Side note: sometimes it is out of our control when things get complex and messed up. Even when we desire simplicity and purity in love, other people complicate and hurt things that could have been left alone), we must stop, open the big and beautiful Bible, and be centered again. We must see what God is actually desiring to create out of our lives.
When we feel lost, get too serious about things, and make things far too complicated, we can be brought back close to the Father's heart by this simple and perfect piece of promise: be fair and just to those around you, be compassionate to people, love with a fierce dedication (stick by people even when it's not popular or they accidentally hurt you) and don't think of yourself more importantly than God.
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