Simplicity

9/14/2020

2 Corinthians 11:3 “The simplicity that is in Christ.”

Right now in our world, nothing seems simple. Covid-19 alone has made even a quick trip to the store fraught with fear and stress. We need to make sure we are following all kinds of safety protocols that were unthinkable a mere 8 months ago. Add to that the massive fires that are burning, hurricanes, crime, social unrest, political craziness, and record unemployment, and we have a super stew of difficulty/chaos/bedlam to say the least. So what is simple anymore? Well, the verse tells us there is simplicity in Christ. It seems, at some point during this storm surge, that our minds are on everything but Jesus. Verse 3 in its entirety Paul writes, “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty (sic) so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” True, nothing about 2020 is subtle, but it certainly could be drawing us away from that simplicity, and Satan will use it all to confuse and thwart us.

Chambers writes, “The tiniest thing we allow in our lives that is not under the control of the Holy Spirit is quite sufficient to account for spiritual muddle, and all the thinking we like to spend on it will never make it clear.” Both the large and the small issues of life MUST be brought to Jesus, so that the Holy Spirit can guide and bring peace. I may never receive complete understanding, but I can, even during this time of turmoil, have a true and abiding simple faith in my Savior. The more often I draw nearer to my God, the more I will be able to rest in Him, like any child rests in the arms of their loving father.

Lord, help me, through all the chaos, to come to You and be an example for others of the simplicity that is in Christ.