Simplicity is life changing. To grasp a concept in its simplest form empowers understanding and application. It forms deep within the heart and may be recalled and applied in a moment’s notice.
A few times I have found myself struggling to communicate ideas. In witnessing to unbelievers I struggled to find the right words for sin. In an attempt to correct one of my children I stumbled over trying to explain a character attribute. How can I do better next time? I think by grasping the core of these ideas through simplicity. Below is an attempt to simplify the fruit of the Spirit that we may recall it when needed.
Galatians 5:22–23 - 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Read through the fruit of the Spirit a few times this week and try to grasp each fruit in its simplicity. May the Lord enable a simplistic grasp followed by a dynamic outpouring.