‘I tell you unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven.’ Matthew 18:3
I was never too clear as to what this verse meant but having heard a marvelous sermon on Sunday it is so much clearer. Some of our youngsters remained in the service, so it was explained at their level (and at mine too, it seems.) The children were asked ‘Did you drive your family to church this morning?’ Obviously not. Again ‘Do you do your family shop?’ Again, no, though they may assist in a small way. Then it was pointed out that they needed to rely on adults. They were only children.
Turning to the adults, ‘Can you run your lives without the help of God?’ The answer has to be no. We need to rely on God, just as children reply on adults. We need to be childlike and not childish. My hastily written notes during the sermon read, ‘Children rely on adults, they can’t do a thing alone. We need to rely on God. Trust. What am I relying on?’
I trust I have been able to make this as clear to you as it was to me.