“Lord,
You Have Made
Sure
That
Children And Infants Praise You.”
Scripture
Matthew
21
15 The chief
priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did.
They also saw the children in the temple courtyard shouting, “Hosanna
to the Son of David!” But when they saw all this, they became
angry.
“Yes,”
replied Jesus. “Haven’t you ever read about it in Scripture? It
says,
“ ‘Lord,
you have made sure that children and infants
praise you.’ ”
praise you.’ ”
Observation
It
is so easy for my four year old granddaughter Amelie to pray to
Jesus. A lot of things get included in her prayers … including her
baby dolls and anything else she happens to see while she is praying
with those not so closed eyes!
Right
now, it is so easy for her to believe and trust God. God has made all
children that way!
It
is only after growing older that sadly we begin to lose our
child-like faith. Our hearts gradually begin to harden, hardened by
sin and the deceitfulness of life, and doubt begins to set in about
even the existence of God, especially of a God that loves us and who
wants us to live in a relationship with Him.
It
made the religious leaders very angry when they heard the children
shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”
So
let me ask you, “Do you have child-like faith when it comes to
Jesus Christ?”
What
is causing you to doubt? What is it that is holding you back?
For
me, at the age of nineteen I put my trust and my faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ. Sin and selfish living ruled my life. Oh yes, as a
teenager sin dominated my life and I was on the wrong path, the path
that leads to destruction. Maybe you are on that same destructive
path right now!
It
was at 19 years of age that someone told me about Jesus Christ and
God's plan for my life. It was then I turned from a life of selfish
living and sin, and in childlike faith I turned and put my trust in
Jesus as my Lord and my Savior. I have never ever regretted that
decision.
I
am still broken. I am still a sinner. If you know me then you know
that I am far from perfect. But I have surrendered my life to the One
who created me and I am trying to live life today in a way that makes
God smile. How about you?
How
about you?
…....
Matthew
18
Jesus
said, “What I’m about to tell you is true. You need to change and
become like little children.
If you don’t, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Application
I
am broken. I am a sinner. I am far from perfect. But I have
surrendered my life to the One who created me, and I will try to live
life today in a way that makes God smile. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, help me to keep my heart soft enough to be touched by You.
Don't let it get hardened by sin. Don't let me rebel against
authority, neither Yours or those who You have placed over me. I pray
for anyone reading this blog today. Give them child-like faith. Help
them trust You. Show them that they can surrender their lives to You.
I pray that my grandchildren will always be able to call on You and I
pray that they will always trust in You with child-life faith and
help their parents to do the same.
Daily
Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 8,9; 1 Chronicles 18,19; Matthew 21
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