Jan 29 • General discussion
Faith as a child…
I had some thoughts (or maybe I didn’t ) about our conversation last evening.
…Remember when you were a child, when you didn’t have to worry about money or dinner or even clothing? Those were not your things to worry about. You had absolute blind faith and trust that dinner would show up, clothes were in your drawers and the only money you worried or thought about was maybe chore money or allowance so you could get what you wanted. Sometimes you had to ask multiple times for things you really wanted, repeatedly, until either you got it or you finally accepted that you couldn’t have it. Maybe you pouted for a minute but then you moved on to other things. You didn’t worry about major decisions, someone else handled that, you only had to decide what color shirt to wear or what game to play. You didn’t focus on what was going to happen in the future. At least not past, “when I grow up I can have as many puppies as I want and I won’t have to clean my room!”
Your only thoughts were based on what was right in front of you for you. When we deserved it, our parents disciplined us, they taught us right from wrong and they guided our steps in a loving and patient way. (For the most part, they are only human!)
I think that this is one facet of what God was talking about when He refers to us having faith like a child.
If we accept and understand and have complete blind faith that God will provide for us, then we only have to focus on what is right in front of us. God, each other, the work God has put before us.
Even in seasons of hardship, when we have been sent to our room to think about things. When we mature and “think” about things, we turn to God for answers, for guidance. We accept that we are not getting “our way”, but His way. We can apologize, we can grow and stretch and learn/accept that whatever God has put before us is greater than anything we could imagine or want for ourselves.
Career changes, loss of people, things, health challenges. These are all things that redirect us, challenge us, grow us and shape us into the mature Christian, Christ-like person that God intends for us to be.
There are so many verses, basically the entire Bible, to tell us exactly this. Turn only to Him, put every aspect of our lives with trust and blind faith that He will provide for us. Whatever that is! Maybe we won’t like it, maybe it isn’t aligned with what we thought should be, but it is what is BEST for us.
The sooner we truly accept this, the sooner we can “come out of our rooms”, and experience the life that God has for us. A freedom, a peace knowing that we don’t have to worry, God is taking care of all of that! We truly can have absolute Faith like a child.
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