Like a Child

 

The quality of your relationship with God is determined by your willingness to act like a child.

 

By Ben Dankaka

If you can understand the ideal relationship between parents and their children, you would understand how your relationship with God should be. One time, Jesus told his disciples that “anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” Jesus was not only speaking about the need for us to believe in Him in the same way that children often believe in the “impossible”. Beyond that, Jesus wanted His disciples to adopt a childlike attitude as they relate with God. Just as children depend on their parents, we too

are required to depend on God.

If children do not worry over what they would eat and wear because it is provided by their parents, why should we worry over those things when we are also children before God? If children would submit to their parent’s will, why shouldn’t we also submit to God’s will? The quality of your relationship with God is determined by your willingness to act like a child. Always think of God as your Father because God’s ultimate desire is NOT for you to act as His slave but for you to be able to call Him, “Abba! Father!”

 

 

Prayer: Dear Jesus, teach me how to act like a child. Amen.

 

REFERENCES/FURTHER STUDY: Mark 10:13-16; 1 Peter 1:3-5

 

Unless otherwise stated all scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version.