Good morning everyone,

Matthew 18:4-Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

I’ve learned from my 3 small children something very important that I don’t think any wisdom from experiences or education has taught me. I’ve learned from them how to trust God like a child again as an adult. Although I would like to be more consistent in being childlike before God, I’ve learned from my grandfather’s generation how not to engage a child. As probably one of the most influential men in life, my grandfather had a presence about him that didn’t invite your opinion. That is hard for someone like me who is very opinionated, and seeing my children they seem no different.

Yet being very opinionated can be very harmful if you don’t have wisdom as to when and where to give it. I believe one of the biggest struggles in living a life of faith, is that we think too highly of our own opinions, particularly about what God is doing in our lives. We may pray, read the bible, come to church consistently, yet when God presses us in certain seasons and situations, we can dangerously allow what we think about what God is doing as wrong at the core of our hearts.
This is why our "murmuring" is a blatant sin before God (Numbers 14 v27, 1 Corinthians 10 vs 10).

I’ve realized that although you can be "seeking" God you can at the root of that seeking not be like a child, but more like a disgruntled teen because of discouragement, delays, failures, etc. Yet as a father I have the privilege to see young children display the kind of faith that I need. That "naive" trust that daddy can do no wrong is not true at all about me, but how true should it be about how we think of our heavenly Father who is perfect?

Psalm 18:30-0 This God—his way is perfect;
the word of the Lord proves true;
he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

In His Love, Ld