Instead of sending the child to children's church, Jesus said he is a prime example. Paraphrase: "This child can teach you something. Watch him."
I wonder how many of us ever, "become as little children." According to Our Lord Jesus, this is the basis for entering, "the kingdom of heaven." I have noticed over the years that the younger people are, the more open they are to input, the wonder of life, more observant. The older they get the disease of boredom moves in, a person becomes more of a know-it-all. This is probably the reason for the statement, "Give us a child until he is 8 years old, then you can have him." I have often heard people say that when they first received Jesus they could not get enough of the Bible, went to every meeting they could get to, read everything. Then what happens? No matter what the answer, the root is, "I'm maturing; no one can teach me anything I don't already know."
Our Lord goes on to say, "Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Okay; now think of that person whom you think to be, "the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Do they show any characteristics at all of a 2 or 3 year old? Resist making a joke and seriously consider this. Observe a 2 or 3 year old, a teenager----------------- and yourself, "these three; but the greatest of them is,"--------- "become as little children."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I pray for a restored wonder of life in You. Amen.
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When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
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Hebrews 12:2
