From A Park Bench - Keep It Simple.

A few years back I worked for a local environmental charity in Wigan, Lancashire. My boss, the Chief Executive of the charity had a saying, “Keep it simple.” The charity world culture was interwoven with the intricacies of Local Government and all the bureaucratic jargon that clung to it. Everything was either strategic, holistic or inclusive, so much in house language that no one from the outside had any idea what was actual being said.

This can also be the trap of Christianity; we are so wanting to impress each other with deep theological ideas and understanding that the simplicity of the Gospel is almost by passed as we argue over the Greek or Hebrew interpretation.  My Mother’s favorite book was an analysis of the book of Daniel. I once asked her what it was about. She told me it was so deep that she didn’t understand all of it but just that she liked reading parts of it. It is a pity that some of this passed over her head.

The truth is the truth, and to get the truth of God into our lives we must understand it. We have to read the word and let it take root in our lives. When we don’t understand the word, Satan just comes and steals the truth from our hearts.

Our born again spirit is completely united into Christ and our hearts contain all the good soil we need for the planted seed to grow and flourish. As we read and mediate on God’s word his spirit reveals his love and truth to us.

The smallest seed can grow into a mighty tree. All we need is just one seed, planted and digested into our system for the truth to set us free. All the riches of God’s grace have been provided in him through the cross. Christ is the living word, the word of God is alive and the Spirit magnifies Christ to us. The Spirit and the Bible are interwoven and inseparable. To love Christ is to love His love letter to us.

Just take a seed, mediate on it, understand it and keep it simple. The simple truth will set you free.