With Faith Like a Child...

Faith Like a Child...that is how God asks that we come before Him, believing in our hearts what we already know in our heads to be true, that He is all that we need in life. If everything here on earth were to be taken away from us and all we are left with is the faith in knowing that He is Lord and will provide all our needs, that is supposed to be enough. But, is it? I would venture to say that most of us would be reluctant to give up everything we have and trust that He is going to provide for us.

Last Wednesday began AWANA at our church and Andrew was so excited! He is a Cubbie now and that means he is in the big boy class. He went right into his group and joined his new big friends and did everything he was told to do without any problems. When I went to pick him up, he was so excited, he wanted to do his "homework" as soon as we got home. He took his little booklet he was given to the table and a pencil and wanted me to read him the verse so he could learn it. There was such excitement as he recited, "God Loved Us and Sent His Son". Then came, "Jesus Loves Me." After he recited, "Jesus Loves Me, Jesus Loves Me", he said, "Done". It was very cute but as I thought about it and the confidence there in his voice, it was if God was saying to me, I sent Jesus to die for you and I love you and that is enough. I believe it in my head but sometimes my heart is selfish and has trouble believing it. God help my unbelief! Help me to know that you are "enough" actually, "more than enough" for me. Restore that childlike faith to my head and my heart so that I no longer fear the storms around me because I know that you are Lord of All and that you are in control no matter what happens.

I wonder if you have that same excitement that Andrew has about learning God's Word, do you rush home to learn new verses or do you dust off your Bible on Sunday Morning so you will have it for church?