“Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all." Luke 18:17
This morning feeling empty and weary, Mark encouraged me with a story about a man who tried on a pair of sunglasses that revealed a brand new world of wonder. The man was so ecstatic about what he discovered that he grabbed everyone he could find and brought them into the store to try on the glasses for themselves.
Mark was stirring up my faith in reminding me that I was like that man. The Lord has given me a child like heart that decided to believe instead of live in doubt, a heart that decided to dance over all the graves. And as weary as I have become in the battle, I am determined to hold onto that childlike heart of faith.
However, it’s not easy, because there are always chronic-adults trapped in unbelief, skeptics who feed on fear, refusing to let go of control, or lay themselves down, and leap into the arms of Freedom, Joy and Life.
Isn’t it obvious that as children who call God, Father, He reminds us of our childlike hearts? Every time we say Father, we should be reminded that we really aren’t self-sufficient adults. Maybe in fact we have simply abandoned our child like dependence on the Lord.
I don’t ever want to surrender my childlike heart to restraint, caution, or a subdued existence of unbelief. I want a vibrant, colorful, passionate heart that is always ready to enter in and fly! And as long as I can I want to be one who introduces others to those sunglasses that reveal this world of wonder. Thank you sweet Mark for reminding me!
