You know, I stayed with my sister for a certain period in my life. She has three awesome kids, and one thing I observed was that when the kids were hungry, they cried to their mum, they were hungry and she gave them food, or when it was time for breakfast, lunch or dinner, she called them that it was time to eat.
When she saw they had out grown their clothes, she changed them without them needing to tell her. When they go to school and get homework, they are confident that someone at home would explain it to them to make it easier for them.
My sister's children never had to worry about anything. You know by remembering those days, the words of Jesus suddenly made more sense to me in Matthew 18:3, which says, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven."
What Jesus was saying is that we need to change our way of thinking to that of a child. But what exactly does this mean?
The question should be, how does a child think?
Children have complete trust in their parents or guardian, as the case may be. They don't worry about what to eat or what to drink. They don't worry about what to wear.
What Jesus meant in Matthew 18:3 was that we shouldn't grow up. As children we learnt to have complete trust in our parents, how to be rest assured that they always got your back, how to have peace of mind that your needs in whatever form is settled by them.
Having this lifestyle was a sort of training ground to graduate how to move your complete rest on your parents to complete rest on Jesus! But sadly we've always done the opposite. We've moved from having complete rest on our parents to becoming "orphans".
Jesus had earlier taught this that our heavenly Father knows all what we need even before we ask of Him. Which was why Jesus said why do you worry about what to eat or drink, or what to wear, because He expect us to remember how we used to have these things sorted out by our parents, and in so doing should have that same rest on God (ref.: Matthew 6:25-34).
By trying to do things yourself in the name of being "independent" brings nothing but worry, pressure, health issues and more.
Just stop for a moment and think this through.
Have you done that?
Everything you worry about were the things your parents used to get done for you or assist you in doing while you were a kid. The only difference is just that they are bigger now due to responsibilities and age. So, why not be a child again and rest on God/Jesus, He is always there to get things done. And this is what Jesus meant in having a child's heart, it was having complete dependence and guide from God and not doing that is the stumbling block in entering the kingdom of heaven.
Just quickly, the mistake we make is the same mistake the prodigal son made, thinking he was of age, and could sort things by himself, by being independent, not till it dawned on him the bills he had to always pay, the serious worry and health challenge he kept on having, and remembered being a child was better. And just like his father showed love to him, God our Father shows even more love to us when we come home and be a child again.
Remember, the house you lived was a shadow of things to come when you would grow up and live as a child of God and let Him continue from where your parents stopped.
You were not born to hustle as some has taken that to be a norm of life. You were born to be a child taken care by God. So, don't grow up.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)
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