{"id":3478,"date":"2021-02-11T05:52:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T12:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/?p=3478"},"modified":"2021-02-10T07:58:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T14:58:16","slug":"childlike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/?p=3478","title":{"rendered":"childlike"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"castle\"<\/a>Kinsey and Jordan took their kids to Disney World recently and had a great time. Four-year-old Owen will probably remember more, but it seemed two-year-old Keightley was the one most excited about going. \u201cWe going to Disney World\u2026 and see Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, and Minnie Mouse\u2026\u201d was her constant statement of anticipation.<\/p>\n

\"minnie\"<\/a>On the second day, when they first saw Donald Duck, Keightley yelled, \u201cHey Donald Duck! We come to Disney World to see you guys!!\u201d Later in the week Kinsey sent a video of the family eating dinner with Mickey Mouse visiting a table nearby. With a surprisingly loud voice, our little granddaughter shouted, \u201cLook at me! Look at me!\u201d The expression on her face as Mickey walked to the Stanley table was priceless.<\/p>\n

So what can we learn from the little ones who exhibit such wonder? \u201cOur citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ\u2026\u201d (Philippians 3:20) \u201cThough you have not seen Him, you love Him\u2026\u201d (I Peter 1:8) Does my anticipation to meet the One who died for me approach the excitement of a two-year-old seeking an imaginary character?<\/p>\n

Keith Green sang: \u201cO Lord, please light the fire that once burnt bright and clear. Replace the lamp of my first love that burns with holy fear\u2026\u201d If my longing is absent, if my passions are elsewhere, if pleasures or wealth or worries or trappings of the world have crowded out the Lord, I must run to Him. He is merciful and quick to restore\u2026 but I must let Him occupy the throne of my heart \u2014 His rightful place.<\/p>\n

The second thing I admired in Keightley was her shameless audacity to call out to the one she came to see. \u201cLook at me! Look at me!\u201d The little girl intended to cry out until she was acknowledged. The Father wants us to be just as bold.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!\u2019 Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, \u2018Son of David, have mercy on me!\u2019\u201d The mature, the civilized, the whole\u2026 the religious\u2026 don\u2019t act this way. Surely the Master needs to be protected from such embarrassing scenes.<\/p>\n

Except\u2026 that is why He came. Mickey Mouse was in the restaurant to bring joy to little boys and girls. Jesus Christ came to earth to heal the sick, to give sight to the blind, to set the captives free, and to seek and save the lost. The person who \u2018sees\u2019 Jesus for who He is and seeks after Him with reckless abandon brings much joy to the Father\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n

\u201cJesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to Him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, \u2018What do you want Me to do for you?\u2019 \u2018Lord, I want to see.\u2019 Jesus said to him, \u2018Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.\u2019 Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God.\u201d (Luke 18:39-43)<\/p>\n

The Lord wants His children to long for His coming. Jesus wants us to seek Him with all our hearts. At the close of the parable of the persistent widow, teaching His disciples to pray and not give up, Jesus asked: \u201cWhen the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?\u201d (see Luke 18:1-8) Let\u2019s be childlike.<\/p>\n

\u201cTruly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.\u201d Luke 18:17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kinsey and Jordan took their kids to Disney World recently and had a great time. Four-year-old Owen will probably remember more, but it seemed two-year-old Keightley was the one most excited about going. \u201cWe going to Disney World\u2026 and see Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, and Minnie Mouse\u2026\u201d was her constant statement of anticipation. On the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3478"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3484,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3478\/revisions\/3484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}