Understanding simplicity

God's word has such depth.  It has been studied and researched and debated by scholars for centuries.  But what I love about God's word is that it's also so simple.  It distills things down to there core, and makes it so that even a child can understand it.

For example, 2 Peter 1:2 says, "Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord."  You wonder why you do not have peace?  It's because you don't know God.  Similarly, 1 John 2:4-6 says, "The man who says, 'I know Him,' but does not do what He commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.  But if anyone obeys His word, God's love is truly made complete in him.  This is how we know we are in Him: Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did."

You want peace?  Get to know the author of peace.  How?  Imitate His Son.  Such beautiful simplicity.  And, although it may seem an impossible goal for us to obtain, the Holy Spirit makes the impossible possible.  I wish we all, myself included, could really grab onto these simple, fundamental, life-changing principles found in God's word.  I really think that if we did, it would totally rock our world.