Subscribe to Every Post:I made a statement this past Sunday that living the Christian life is easy to understand but hard to do. We made our way through I Corinthians, chapter 13 (the famous Love chapter). It is a straightforward chapter describing the superiority and importance of love as we relate to God and one another. True, authentic, biblical love is to be our motivation in life. This isn’t hard to understand – just hard to live.
I think this idea rings true in many ways as we think about living for Christ in this life. The biblical message of how we are to live for Christ is not difficult to comprehend. It really is rather simple. We are to put God first in our lives, love our enemies, feed the poor, share the gospel, be humble, give God the first part of our income, love our neighbor, submit to our authorities, be compassionate, serve others, not keep a record of wrongs, seek godly counsel, be devoted to prayer, be full of integrity, be sexually pure, bear others’ burdens – just to mention a few.
Any of these things hard to understand? To me, it doesn’t seem that complicated – pretty straightforward. The hard part is living it.