THE
FAITH OF A CHILD
Memorise:
And said, verily I say unto you, excerpt ye be
converted, and become as little
children, ye shall not enter into the
Read: Matthew 18:1-4, 18 At the same time
came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of
heaven?
2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in
the midst of them,
3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted,
and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little
child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Bible in
one year: 1st Samuel 1, Proverbs 2:20-3:12
One of the greatest lessons to learn from little children
is that they don’t worry about anything. This is the way God expects us to
relate with Him; relaxing and putting all matters in His care, knowing that it
will always end up in our best interest. Nothing good can be achieved when we
trust only in ourselves, because every step we take will always lead to one
mistake or another. Your faith in God must be real. A father will promise his
son an aeroplane even though the man does not own a bicycle, yet the child
believes, because his father said so. As a child of the Almighty God, you
should humbly come before Jesus, surrendering all your desires and worries to
Him. With this attitude, you will always leave His presence with a confirmation
that all your requests are granted. Real faith goes beyond the natural to a
point in which those things that seemed impossible become possible. Faith
causes events contrary to natural laws to take place. Faith is required to move
the immovable and to reverse the irreversible.
When you go into the presence of God, focus on Him and
worship Him. He will wipe your tears and remove all forms of worries, sorrows
and problems from your life. Seek the face of God concerning anything He wants
you to do. As you release your faith and follow God as a child who trusts the
instructions of his father, you will be amazed at the wonderful things that
will begin to manifest in your life. Sometimes when I go before God with the
aim of presenting my requests, He asks me to do something sacrificial myself.
At a moment in the history of RCCG, when we were not growing the way I wanted,
I decided to seek the face of God by engaging in some spiritual exercises.
Suddenly the Lord asked me what I would give to Him, I responded by saying that
I was ready to give anything in order to see the kind of Church I was praying
for. Then, He told me to sow my Pajero jeep which was as good as a private jet
to me at that time. I loved my Pajero so much because it was one car that never
gave me problems, but the Lord asked me to sow it into another ministry and I obeyed.
The day the representative of that ministry came to pick it up, my driver wept;
but that was the beginning of a turning point in my ministry. It was really
painful to give out the car, but the pain could not be compared to the joy that
I eventually had, simply because I believed in God’s faithfulness.
Faith in God is very vital to our walk as Christians. It
is an expression of our confidence in God and on His promises. Nothing ever
works without faith. Repentance is impossible without faith. The prodigal son
had faith in his father, knowing that the worst that could happen was that he
would be made a servant. Through his act of faith and his going before his
father in true repentance, his sonship was restored. Do you think you have
missed it beyond repairs? Have faith in God. Do you think that opportunity will
never come again? Have faith in God.
“For whatsoever is
born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the
world, even our faith”
1st John
5:4
Key Point
Nothing
works without faith.
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