There are a few sentences here where Jesus has an encounter with little children. Which is kind of strange seeing that the Bible says there was nothing about Jesus that would cause someone to look twice at him, in fact He was apparently not very handsome. So to have little children want to come and sit with him is strange, except that, few kids know a stranger and they also have a keen way of knowing, intuitively, if someone is a "good" or "bad" person. So they came to Jesus and sat on His lap (presumably) and He touched them and spoke gently to them.
But the disciples didn't think this was right so they told off the kids and their parents. They told them to, "leave the master alone. Can't you see He's busy?"
And while the disciples are getting on the kids Jesus begins to get onto the disciples and tells them, "the kingdom belongs to such as these." But what does He mean? God's Kingdom belongs to a bunch of children? We all have to become little children if we want to get to heaven? How is that possible?
I think the idea is NOT that we must become children but the key is in the words He uses, "to such as these." Children have faith, they do not always need to "see" with their eyes but they believe with their hearts. Have you ever seen a little kid on Christmas Eve who runs to bed because he knows he can't be up or Santa won't come? And on Christmas morning he absolutely believes Santa has been there!
What kind of faith do you have? Jesus says that we must have, the faith of a child. Not blind faith but complete faith, total faith, absolute faith.
How's your faith today?
Thoughts on the Bible, Church, life and living it to its full potential in Jesus Christ!
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