Mark 9:36-37 (TNIV)
Jesus quite often during his ministry uses the spirit and faith of a child to demonstrate the kind of faith that you and I should have as His children. It challenges me in my own journey of knowing and loving God to consider how the faith of little child actually looks in real life. A newborn child is completely dependent on his/her parents for food and shelter and for all of the essentials of life; a child has no doubt that you have his best interests at heart; a child that has not yet been tainted by this fallen world has an optimistic attitude about life; a child trusts completely in you as his/her parent, not because of past evidence or because they have an understanding of the future and why you are making the choices for them and what the outcome will be, no, none of this, a child trusts in your loving care as a result of being your son or daughter. Our God longs to have this kind of relationship with you and I today. Jesus longs for us to trust Him completely, not conditional on the outcome of our prayers but as a result of our love for who He is, knowing that His way is always the best way and that His plan for our lives is to hold us in His loving arms in such a way that our love for Him would grow and that the two of us could ultimately become one in mind and spirit and relationship. Take on the faith of a child today as you lift up all of your problems and circumstances and desires and fears to the one who is journeying with you in this life; to your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who can see the end of the road and who knows that the only way that you will finish the race is with your hand in His as he guides you into a love relationship that will never let you go!
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