A few years ago, I asked an attorney friend of mine if he could tell me how many laws are on the books in Georgia. He laughed at the question, which seemed to be all of the answer that I needed, but he did continue to explain that each and every day the legal code changes as new laws are signed, while others might be struck for any number of reasons, which truly makes it nearly impossible for us to know what we are and are not allowed to do at any given moment from a micro-level of understanding of the law.
In Judaism, there are six hundred thirteen laws that God gave to Moses, with the best known of those being the Ten Commandments. Jesus took all of those laws (or mitzvahs in Hebrew) and condensed them down to two; we often summarize them by saying: Love God and love other people. The Laws seem simple in their complexity. To truly love in this manner, we must define ourselves as less important than either God or other people (incredibly difficult for us to do) while also accepting the requirement that we trust God and other people.
There are often times in my life when I find it easier to love someone than to trust them, especially when things aren’t going the way that I wish them to go. God desires that we love in this manner: that we follow the example of Christ to love self-sacrificially and always remember to be trustworthy to others to help them on their journey to follow Christ’s call.