Today, we are going to explore the actual discipline of simplicity by answering questions like,

what does it mean to simplify life?

How would Jesus have us actually simplify our lives?

How can embracing simplicity enrich our day-to-day experience? May your heart and mind

be open to all the wisdom and goodness God has through you today. And may you find comfort

in making Jesus your one necessary thing. Welcome to the First 15 podcast. Often we are kept from living lives marked by the joy and

peace of our Heavenly Father because our continual pursuit for more. Humanity's first sin was

pursuing more than God intended for us, and the enemy

continues to entice us with that temptation today. A core value of the world is more. More money,

more fame, more friends, more success, more happiness, more possessions, more of anything. Because we feel

dissatisfied with our lives, we are consistently grabbing for that which will never fully

satisfy in the present or lead us to a lifestyle of continual satisfaction. Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 1.12, for our boast is this, the

testimony of our conscience that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity,

not by earthly wisdom, but by the grace of God, and supremely so towards you.

Simplicity is a God-given discipline that prunes the dead branches of waste

that effectually deplete us of the energy, time, and provision with which God has blessed us.

When we make the decision to stop pursuing more,

we step in line with the Spirit and place our trust in faith in God

rather than our own understanding.

You see, at the core of a continual pursuit for more,

it's a lack of faith in God's goodness. If we truly believed God

provides all we need, we would never step outside his provision and strive for more. Adam and Eve

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