Sometimes at church we can get more concerned about our
position, our status, our pet ministers, or the style of worship we like and
forget why we are at church. Jesus is
reminding us to be humble and not forget our purpose. To help us not forget we must be like
children. Children are trusting by
nature. God wants us to trust him in all things.
Colossians 1:16; For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were
created by him and for him.
If everything was created for God and for His purpose, then
why were we created? We were created for
God. We were created to please Him and
to love Him.
Philippians 2:3-8; Do nothing out of selfish ambition or
vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of
you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of
others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not
consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he
humbled himself and became obedient to death —even death on a cross!
Selfishness can ruin a church and person. When people are more concerned with
themselves and not the work or purpose of the church it can be very
destructive. Sometimes this destruction
doesn’t mean a decline in attendance or the loose of money from giving, but it
can be the spiritual decline of the church.
A church can grow and become rich at the expense of the spiritual well
being of the church.
Psalms 125:1; Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount
Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.
When we become like children, then we begin to love like
children. When we learn to love like a
child we can start to know God’s love like a child.
“Tim reflected on how unrestrained his little son had
joyfully presumed and anticipated his love.
He wondered whether he was accepting God’s unconditional love in the same
way.” (The Most Loving Place In Town)
We and the church must learn to accept God's unconditional
love like a child.
