COME AS CHILDREN!

‘ LET THE CHILDREN COME TO ME. DON’T STOP THEM! FOR THE KINDOM OF GOD BELONGS TO THOSE WHO ARE LIKE THESE CHILDREN. I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, ANYONE WHO DOESN’T RECEIVE THE KINGDOM OF GOD LIKE A CHILD WILL NEVER ENTER.” MARK 9: 14-15

I hope that everyone has at least a few good thoughts of their childhood. It was a time of innocence, a time when we could believe and make believe. It is very interesting that the Lord described receiving his kingdom with the innocence of a child. He did so with a purpose. As adults we sometimes have many things clogging up our minds. Our daily grinds sometimes result in aggrivation, confusion, depression, and pressures from many sides. We don’t allow ourselves to slow down long enough to take a breath and clear our minds. We have the ways of the world flowing in and out of our thoughts which makes it hard to concentrate on anything other than the world around us. Our Lord has made it easy to accept him. All we have to do is confess that Jesus is our Lord and Savior. We must acknowledge that he died on the cross and rose again in our place. He died and rose again so that we could live. However, we have a tendency to make things a bit more confusing than they have to be. It is very important that we consider Mark 9: 14-15 in a serous manner. We need to dumb ourselves down. We seem to contantly build ourselves up to a level where we think we know more that our God in heaven. Let us all take a step back and clear our minds. Don’t make it hard to believe and receive. But instead believe as a child and trust God in heaven for the rest to fall into place. PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!