Little Children

Our three children (aged 1-4) are awake before 5am every morning. Not only are they awake for the day, but they wake with such exuberance; they run, and shout, and play, and demand, right from the get-go. I would love just an ounce of their energy!

This morning it was around 5.30am, and the electricity went off for a short while. The boys (2 & 4) were looking around, flicking the light switch, wondering where it had gone. The light flickered twice and they looked up eagerly, but it didn't come back right away. 

After a few short minutes, but what seemed like an eternity to them, I'm sure, the electricity surged back into power and the light came back on as the other electronic devices whirred back to life.

I am not exaggerating when I say that those boys JUMPED for joy! They clapped and shrieked and exclaimed with such a pure and joyful heart. It brought a tear to my eye. The baby was on the floor clapping along, not sure what was happening but knowing that it was something to be excited about and wanting to join in. The boys were rejoicing, and saying, "It's back on, Mummy, the light is back!!"

Oh, to have that joy as a young child! To have that pure and innocent sense of wonder and amazement. Imagine being there and witnessing first-hand the awesome power of Jesus in the flesh, to have been there at the moment that the world was plunged into darkness and then when the Light returned to us, walking and talking; teaching and eating!

Jesus said, in Matthew 18:2-4,

Then Jesus called a little  child to Him, set him in the midst of them,  and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.  Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Oh Lord, let me come to you as a child! Let me be full of wonder and amazement in You! Let me jump for joy and exclaim to the world that "The Light is here!!" Take away all the grown-up thoughts which inhibit me and encumber my growth in You! Let me never lose my eagerness to seek You; my desire to know You; and my curiosity to learn all You have to teach me!!

Still image taken from S01E03 The Chosen TV Show (find the App in your App Store and watch for free, it is wonderful!)