We live in a crazy world, where sadness, heartache, and difficulties are often what we see and hear on the news locally and globally. It can be really easy to let our personal circumstances and the situations happening on our planet determine how we see the world, and usually it isn’t with childlike wonder. We can become jaded and cynical, by just living life. Too often God gets the blame for the enemy’s work on the earth, (which is to steal, kill and destroy), when God is the one who actually brings abundance to our lives. (John 10:10) We serve a good Father, who wants only the best for his children, so much so, He wants us to prosper and be in health, even as our soul prospers (III John 2). He desires that we live life with childlike wonder, full of the joy of the Lord, even though our world is a mess.
Jesus tells us in Matthew 18:3 and Mark 10:13-16 that to enter God’s kingdom that is full of joy, we must become like a child. So, how childlike are you? There is a big difference between being childlike and being childish. Being childlike is being pure, innocent and trusting, compared to being childish which is acting immaturely, being irresponsible and behaving foolishly. Our aim should be to live with the attitude of a child, with wide-eyed amazement, excited about what God will bring each new day, filled with the joy of the Lord.