Child Like Faith

How many times have we all desired to have faith like a child?

I can remember being a child and believing anything and everything anyone told me. Never questioning, just believing it for the truth. This takes me back to a time when my sister and I were visiting our close childhood friends, two brothers our age. Our moms were the best of friends. Everyone was outside enjoying the afternoon, when us kids must have been grating on their nerves, because they informed us that if we dug deep enough we could dig to China:) So we began digging! Another time the boys dad, who was like our Uncle, threw a ton of pennies in the yard and told us that the yard was a gold mine. He said if we found all of them, we would be rich! Well you know what we spent hours doing! A few years later it finally clicked that they were obviously just trying to keep us kids busy, but how funny is that? That we would just automatically take it for the truth?

This brings me to my point. I know we all remember being that naive child falling for anything. Just believing and never questioning. So many times in my journey I have had to just allow myself to be that child again. Not questioning God, just trusting in him. That is ultilmately what he desires of us. I have come to a very real conclusion. We spend too much time trying to impress God. Trying to say the right thing, pray the right way, act the right way. Now of course God deserves the utmost praise, glory and honor. But His desire for us is to just trust Him. Let Him lead, guide and direct us. When we follow Him all the other things fall into place. Nothing pleases Him more than for us to just give into Him and believe Him for what He says He will do.

I recently finished one of the most amazing books! "Heavan Is For Real". A truly inspiring and convincing book written about a little boys journey to Heaven. A true testament to what it means to have the faith of a child. I encourage everyone to read this little boys account of what he witnessed in Heaven!


http://heavenisforreal.net/


Heaven Is for Real by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent