November 08, 2021: To Enter the Kingdom of God, We Must Be Child-Like...How is The Child in You?

In today's world we are constantly being bombarded with commercials about growing up and being the man, or women we want to be, or become. We need to grow up and be mature in our thinking and stand up for our rights.

But from God's eyes, He says the complete opposite from the way we should become if we want to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Read the following in the Book of Mark:

Mark 10: 13-16

13 People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” 16 And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.

The words of Jesus are very, strong words..."Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it."

When we think about how a child is like, when they are four or five years old, they are very trusting. It is natural for a child to believe in God. As parents, we try to protect our children from the ugliness of this world.

But as we grow older and mature, we come to learn the wrong things in life. People come to learn atheism. Something happens, a time in our life, that we turn our back on God. We come to believe that God turned His back on us. But He did not...He died for us. He sacrificed Himself on the cross for us so that we can have eternal life with Him.

But to be able to receive this great gift of eternal life from God, we must begin to believe as a child once again. We must "surrender" our "self-will" and fully trust God once again as a little child.

PERSONNAL COMMENT:

To have a "child-like" attitude or heart, we must be willing to give up our self-will, the world's way of thinking. Believe in God once again and trust Him for our eternal life and find our "true rest" in Him as He opens the doors to His Kingdom to us as His children.