SOMETHING IMPORTANT I LEARNT FROM A CHILD- TRUST.

Trust is complete confidence in a person or plan according to Wordweb dictionary. It is a very important trait needed for the survival of any relationship including our relationship with God. 

This cogent character which is difficult for an adult to develop is found very easily in a child. When you tell a child to give you whatever he’s holding, for example a fifty naira note, he doesn’t hesitate with it. He gives his note to you without asking for a justification to hand it over to you. He’s able to do that because he trusts you to give it back to him or do something even more than that. 

Matthew 18: 1-4 AMP says
“AT THAT time the disciples came up and asked Jesus, Who then is [really] the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And He called a little child to Himself and put him in the midst of them, And said, Truly I say to you, unless you repent (change, turn about) and become like little children [trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving], you can never enter the kingdom of heaven [at all]. Whoever will humble himself therefore and become like this little child [trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving] is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”

In the above text, our Lord Jesus explained to us that anyone who becomes like a little child (who is trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving) is the greatest. The Lord wants us to learn unwavering trust from the little ones. A child never doubts in his heart before giving you all he has. He never questions you or bargain with you before letting go. In fact he’s always joyful and excited to give it all. This kind of spirit is what the Lord desires to see in His children; one that trusts Him completely to give all to Him. 

Proverbs 3:5 AMP says,
“Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding.” 

Learn to become like the little one, dear believer. The more you become like a child the greater you are in the kingdom of heaven. 
Selah!

OLAYINKA FUNMILAYO
MBBS SET 2016