Deuteronomy 30: A Broken Record

Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.

See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. - Deut. 30:11-16 NIV

Why do we make it so difficult?  Why do we struggle like a broken record, going round and round and round thinking that there is going to be a different answer; thinking that there is some magical formula that will call down God's blessing in our lives?   We try to make it so complicated only because we don't want to recognize the truth:  Love The Lord your God, walk in his ways, keep his commands, decrees and laws.