How childlike are you? Jesus told us to enter the kingdom of God we need to be like a child. Hi, this is Dorette Schaal with your dailyeword. We know there is a big difference between being childlike and being childish. Being child”like” is being pure, innocent and trusting, compared to being childish which is acting immaturely, being irresponsible and foolish. Our aim should be to live with the attitude of a pure, innocent child, with wide-eyed amazement. I hope this week’s dailyeword makes you desire to live life everyday with childlike wonder.
I often use the illustration of a cow chewing her cud to make a visual reference to how important meditating on God’s Word is for a believer. We should daily take a morsel of God’s Word, and chew on it all day long. If we have an area we need to work on in our own life, we should find the scriptures that relate to our situation, and get them down deep into our heart. If we want real change in our life, we have to renew our mind to the Word of God. Rom 12:1 and 2 says that transformation takes place in our life as take the old thoughts out, and put the new thoughts that are “the truth” in their place. In II Cor 10:3,4,& 5, we can see that thoughts become imaginations, and imaginations can become strongholds. A strong hold is anything that holds us strongly. That explains the progression of how we can be in bondage because by the way we think. How do we change our thinking? A great place to begin is by meditating on God’s Word. Most of the time when we need an answer, God is just waiting for us to ask Him. Its easy to go to everyone around us to find out their opinion or what their solution for us would be, but God wants us to ask Him! So do it! Be like a child and ask Him, and then meditate on His Word that applies to your specific situation. When we do, be encouraged that God will make His Word become freshly spoken to you, and give you the wisdom and revelation you need.