Rules in the game of life...

Deuteronomy 6:1-9 “Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the rules—that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son's son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long. Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. There is nothing more frustrating than playing a game where you don't know the rules, others don't know the rules, or the rules keep changing. God knows that. So He gives us the rules, beginning with how we are to approach and relate to Him. Reverence Him. Obey Him. Love Him. Recognize Him for Who He is: Loving Creator, Deliverer and Lord. Sometimes we make it all so complicated, getting bogged down in the fine print. You don't need to worry about fine print in the contract, the covenant, if you really know and trust the One you are in covenant with. He knows the rules, plays by them, and wants to play the game with you, this game called life.