A reporter was interviewing Jack Nicklaus. He said Jack, you are spectacular! Your very name is synonymous with golf. You really know your way around the course. What is your secret? To which Jack replied, The holes are numbered!
In addition to a good sense of humor and humility, Jack's response underscores the simple truth about things that are true-they are often simple. Though there is more to golf than following the order of the numbered holes, the basics of golf begin with that simple awareness in a similar way, though there are deep and challenging theological insights in serious study of Scripture, there are also some basic and simple truths to guide our way every day.
"What does the Lord require of you. To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8
The game of golf begins with a basic awareness of the layout of the course. The game of life begins and ends with simple truths that will guide your course through this life.