Become like a child

Matthew 18:3

And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

It’s back to school time!  My son will be starting Pre-K at the school at our church.  He is very excited and we love the Christian environment that he is surrounded by.  I was a little caught off in the car yesterday though as we came home from his classroom visit.  We are driving down the road when all of a sudden he decides to tell us that he wants to die.  I told him that if he died I would be very sad.  Of course he comes back with a smart remark and tells me I can just get a new kid. 

I start to question him more on why he wants to die.  His response was very simple, “Because I want to be with Jesus.”  How do you respond to that?  I did the best that I could to tell this sweet 4 year old that he is with Jesus all the time and he doesn’t have to die to be with him. 

Thankfully the conversation didn’t drag on as inside I was breaking.  At the same time, when the Bible talks about we need to become like Children to enter the Kingdom of God, I think the innocence that my son had is exactly it. 

I want to encourage you today to become like a child in your faith.