Child-like Faith

“Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me, & do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.’”- Matthew 19:14 

            Children are a wonderful blessing from God. They are remarkable creations. As they grow, they begin to look to us for sustenance & assistance. They start to rely on us & trust us. Trust is synonymous with faith & it’s there that our comparison lies; we are to have faith & trust in God the same way a small child has faith & trust in their parents. We take care of our children; God takes care of us. Logic has nothing to do with it. Finances & cool calculations have nothing to do with it either. It’s not anything we have to figure out; it’s simply learning to rely on God for everything. It’s more difficult for an individual who wasn’t brought up in a home where their parents have faith in God. 

                  We grow up learning to question anything & everything we don’t understand. Faith in God isn’t something that is all that easy to understand in the beginning. Sometimes it never makes a whole lot of sense to us, because believing in an unseen spirit can be challenging. In spite of that obstacle, we are to trust God without hesitation the way a small child does his parents.         

                  The kingdom of heaven is made up of those who have readily & unhesitatingly received & believed in the unseen God. While there is an element of mystery to it all, becoming comfortable in our faith erases that. Eventually it’s not mysterious at all as we rely more & more on the maker of the heavens. It strikes me as odd that some folks would rather bash faith as something for the weak minded, instead of seriously considering it as an alternative to the way they are living. Selfish, self-absorbed people who have no intention of letting go of the power & control they THINK they have over their own lives are the ones who ridicule what they cannot understand. Little do they realize they actually have no power or control over anything. We all must understand what the kingdom of heaven truly is: a place where evil cannot dwell & faith, trust, peace & mercy reside. It takes seeing it through the eyes of a child to understand. Until next time, walk with the King & be a blessing!

Richard Keller

Bread of Life Ministries