God is not Complicated

Scripture:  Luke 11:47-54
47 Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed.  48 So you are witnesses and consent to the deeds of your fathers; for they killed them, and you build their tombs. 49 Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, `I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,' 50 that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation, 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechari'ah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it shall be required of  this generation. 52 Woe to you lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering." 53 As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard, and to provoke him to speak of many things, 54 lying in wait for him, to catch at something he might say.

Jesus confronting the Pharisees
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Reflection: Jesus was angry with the Pharisees because they have caused people to have wrong ideas about God and His will for their lives. They were so busy implementing strict rituals and meting out punishments for those who do not follow them, that they lost sight of what's important. They have interpreted the law in such a way that it has confused the people and complicated their faith.

God is not complicated. Yes He is immortal and all powerful, and because of that we think He is too complicated to understand. It is also true that someone who is Divine is really beyond the understanding of mere mortals. But God stooped to our level, He assumed our human nature so that we could know Him intimately and experience with us our fears and troubles. God revealed the truth about Himself in ways we could easily grasp, because He wants to be known. Just like in a loving relationship where both persons want to reveal themselves to their beloved, God wants us to know Him and not just superficially but intimately. God sent His Son,  the only person who could reveal who God really is.

Nothing is complicated about God and His will for our lives. He does not want us to be confused about who He is and what He wants for us. Jesus has already revealed the nature of God perfectly. And because of Him we know that God is love who is in-love with us, and wants nothing but our highest good.

May we make it our goal to love and to know God better each day. Let us ask Him to guide us towards His will and pour out on us the grace to follow it.