I used to
find being a Christian was a heavy burden. When I was first a Christian, I was
afraid of God and his anger. I was raised in a strict, fundamental church. I
thought I should strive to be perfect. Of course, I couldn’t become perfect so
I was in despair.
I learned
from a traveling preacher that this isn’t what God wants from us. No one is
perfect but him. I learned that if we could become perfect, Jesus needn’t have
died for us. He covers us with his perfection. This was a great relief to me,
but sometimes when I sin I can still feel pretty discouraged. There are so many
ways to goof up and choose wrong things.
I often remember Jesus said, “My burden is light.” And
when asked what the most important commandment was he answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your
soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest
commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as
yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two
commandments.”
Love God,
Love People:
I've
been running in circles
Jumping the hurdles
Getting caught in that rush of doing so much
I'm feeling kinda worn out.
Trying to be flawless
Has me spinning my head, catching my breath
Too afraid to slow down
We're living in a world that keeps breakin'
But if we want to find a way to change it
It all comes down to this
Love God and love people
The keys to the Kingdom
Knowing life will be found when love can be loud
'Cause love is what it's all about
That all God wants is just my love
No more complicating things
No more need to overthink
Bring everything right back to ground zero
'Cause it all comes down to this
Love God and love people
We're living in a world that keeps breakin'
But if we want to find a way to change it
It all comes down to this
Love God and love people
Rescues hearts and changes lives
Love is all we need to make things right
Gotta keep it real simple, oh
It's really so simple,
Gotta
keep it real simple, keep it real simple
Bring everything right back to ground zero
'Cause it all comes down to this
Love God and love people
We're living in a world that keeps breakin'
But if we want to find a way to change it
It all comes down to this
Love
God and love people
Songwriters: Ben Glover, Danny Gokey, Jeff Sojka, Colby Wedgeworth, Riley Clemmons. For non-commercial use only.