DAY TWENTY-SEVEN – Friday, April 1, 2022
Matthew 18:1-6
A child says, “I need help, I can’t do this!” and an adult automatically extends some assistance so the child can feel successful. Children are so dependent on an adult’s direction and guidance for their success. When children are unsure and feel needy they readily go for help.
Jesus uses the example of a child-like faith to seek assistance as a model for his disciples. Jesus wants his disciples to know that being the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven has nothing to do with reputation, achievement or position. He wants his disciples to interpret ‘greatness’ as posturing themselves like a humble child would. Jesus does not want his disciples to abandon that aspect of dependency.
As Christian adults we may get fed up or troubled and mutter to ourselves, “I need help, I can’t do this!” Then, in our faith, we turn to prayer to seek God’s help. Through prayer and the need for God in our lives we retain the same kind of faith and child-like dependency that Jesus wanted his disciples to mimic in their lives.
Jesus responds, “So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Dawn Wilson
Matthew 18:1-6
A child says, “I need help, I can’t do this!” and an adult automatically extends some assistance so the child can feel successful. Children are so dependent on an adult’s direction and guidance for their success. When children are unsure and feel needy they readily go for help.
Jesus uses the example of a child-like faith to seek assistance as a model for his disciples. Jesus wants his disciples to know that being the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven has nothing to do with reputation, achievement or position. He wants his disciples to interpret ‘greatness’ as posturing themselves like a humble child would. Jesus does not want his disciples to abandon that aspect of dependency.
As Christian adults we may get fed up or troubled and mutter to ourselves, “I need help, I can’t do this!” Then, in our faith, we turn to prayer to seek God’s help. Through prayer and the need for God in our lives we retain the same kind of faith and child-like dependency that Jesus wanted his disciples to mimic in their lives.
Jesus responds, “So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Dawn Wilson
