Mark 10:14-15 (AMP) But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and He said to them, “Allow the children to come to Me; do not forbid them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, whoever does not receive and welcome the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”
God loves those who are childlike, full of faith and trust and filled with the light of His love and life. They don’t allow the lies of the enemy to shut them down. They turn their gaze on their Abba Daddy, King of the Universe, and their Shepherd, knowing He guards and protects them, and they move forward into all God has. These Kingdom children know that God delights in their exuberance and passion and play. They know He leads them and protects them, guarding their path and enabling their joyful, playful light of life to come forth and shine – making way for those who have been crushed in spirit to return to Abba Daddy and be restored into their joy-filled, passionate purpose once again.
God wants you to release your preconceived ideas on what it takes to be a child of His Kingdom. He wants you to release the weight of expectations that have been sitting on your shoulders. Those expectations of responsibility of representing Him in a certain way. He wants you to come and roll down a grassy green hill with Him. Come pick dandelions, and dare to go exploring in the creek bed finding fish and frogs and crawdads. Get dirty, splash and be exuberant in your delight. Refuse to tamp down your enthusiasm and wonder when others think you are being foolish and, dare I say, childlike. God delights in the child-likeness of His children because His love can pour through them with wonder and abandon.
Trust that He will protect you and guard your heart when others don’t understand and want you to fall back under rules and regulations. He will roar over you and declare His truth through you and you will bring back those who have been crushed in spirit and restore them to their rightful inheritance as a child of the King. Come and be a child again. Come and allow Abba Daddy, Your Shepherd and Protector, to show you what being a Kingdom child truly is and bask in His glow and acceptance as you move into who you were truly made to be.
Luke 18:15-17 (AMP) Now they were also bringing their babies to Him, so that He would touch and bless them, and when the disciples noticed it, they began reprimanding them. But Jesus called them to Himself, saying [to the apostles], “Allow the children to come to Me, and do not forbid them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God [with faith and humility] like a child will not enter it at all.”
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