As a little child

Bible Reading: Mark 10

Mark 10:15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

I love hearing the ideas my children come up with! They don't know the word 'impossible'. They have no idea how much things cost! They come up with these ideas to make elaborate club houses and motorized life sized Lego cars! They also believe me.

When I tell them something, they believe it. They have not learned skepticism or realism. Their worlds have plenty of room for Swiss Family Robinson style tree houses. My son thinks we should just do away with money as a society and have stores where you just go in and get what you need. (I call him a socialist and tell him it will never work!)

The Kingdom of God however is something that right now is invisible. We must hear the Word of God and believe him when he tells us that Jesus has gone to prepare a place for us. We will not get to go see it and then believe. We must TRUST the Word of God like a child who believes what their parents tell them.

We must do away with skepticism and our supposedly 'rational' minds when we come to Scripture and simply sit quietly and listen as Jesus talks to us. Like a child hearing a bedtime story and then drifting off to sleep imagining what they heard, we need to listen to the Word of God. It is not a fairy tale. It is the truth and unless we believe it, we will never receive the promises that God has made in it.

If you have some excited children around your house this Christmas season, keep that image in mind as you meditate on this verse. Let's get excited about the gift of God's Son and the incredible gift of answered prayer from our loving Heavenly Father!

In Christ,
Rody