Becoming Like Little Children

In the Gospels, Jesus repeatedly says children are part of His kingdom. Can you work hard to get into God’s kingdom? No. Can you be good enough? No. Can you pay lots of money? No, but that’s what some grown-ups would like to do.

Jesus says, That’s not the way. To get into My kingdom you have to get down lower — humble yourself — and trust Me like a child would.

Some claim a small child’s belief in God doesn’t count. But that’s not the case! In 2 Timothy 3:14-15, Paul said to Timothy, “continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, [pause] and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.”

True, children can’t understand everything they’re taught. So? There is nothing wrong about a child’s inadequate concepts.

1 Corinthians 13:11 says: “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child” (NIV). The Bible doesn’t criticize a child’s way of thinking. The One who made us knows us.

May we all become like little children in our unwavering trust in God, confidence in His promises, and love for the Savior who died for us.