may 3

There are so many verses in the Bible regarding children and how we need similar faith, how we must not hinder a child from coming to Jesus, and how the kingdom is designed for little ones “such as these.” A brief look at your Bible’s concordance will give you many references to what this childlike faith really looks like in application.

Children see the world with wonder, amazement and fulfillment. They are unjaded and believe that anything and everything is possible! As adults, through time and experience, we become more discerning, leaning on our own understanding of constraints and impossibilities. But isn’t that the opposite of what faith is – believing regardless of time, space, distance and possibility?!

God’s ways are not our ways, so we can’t even pretend to know what He is doing. We can’t rationalize or understand God’s sovereignty and power with our human minds!

He is greater, higher and deeper than we can even begin to imagine. It doesn’t take long to talk to a child about Jesus and to realize how small we, adults, think God is. He fits into the little, tiny unopened box we place Him in. Wouldn’t it be so freeing (and exciting!) to believe like a child? To believe that God is “huge” and “bigger than the sky”?! To believe that God can and WILL do anything or everything?! Well, we can! We have to get past ourselves and ignore our tendency to analyze and critique. We just have to believe He is, He will, He does, He can!

Let’s practice this in our lives today!

Matthew 19:13-15

april 23

Parents, if you’re like me, you can certainly relate to this verse in 3 John 1:4:

“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth!”

In order for our children to walk in truth, we must! Little ones (and big ones, too!) are watching everything we do and listening to everything we say!

When we fix our hearts on Jesus, making him a daily, minute-by-minute priority in our homes, hopefully our children will learn the importance of having a personal relationship with Jesus too!

There are no guarantees, of course, and we will certainly fail. In those times, we can pray for God to compensate for our weaknesses, and ask our children to forgive our mistakes. I’ve already had to apologize to my son, and he’s only 8 months old!

It’s never too late (or early!!) to train our children to walk in truth. Start today!