Sometimes it is encouraging to look back and remember what it felt like to be a preschooler. They live life filled with joy and have life pretty well figured out. From the eyes of a preschooler, life is pretty simple! Here are some things they know from the perspective of a 4 year old:
God is Good (I Peter 2:3), the devil is bad (evil).
God gives life, the devil comes to take life.(John 10:10)
Just because stuff happens doesn’t mean it is God’s will. (We can’t blame God for things He doesn’t do)
God doesn’t hurt people, He helps them!
God can take the bad the devil tried to do, and makes it good. (The devil looses at his own game and is the biggest loser of them all.
Jesus makes you happy, the devil makes you sad.
Sounds simple to me! In Matt 6:9-13 The Lord’s Prayer, Jesus makes it very clear that he wants the earth to experience a little bit of heaven…. Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. That sounds like joy unspeakable! You probably have the Lord’s Prayer memorized, if not, here it is.
Our Father, who art in heaven, Holy is your Name, Your Kingdom Come, Your Will be Done, On earth, As it is. In Heaven, Give us this Day, Our daily bread, And Forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors, Lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil, For Yours is the Kingdom, And the Power and the Glory, Forever, Amen!
Let’s remember to keep things simple. Let’s be a taste of heaven to the people around us. Be a doer of the Word, and a believer who believes the Word. Live in the joy of the Lord. As complex as life can be, let’s try to make life simple. Seal everything with one of those slobbery preschool kisses! KISS…..that’s an acronym for Keep It Simple Sweetie! And let’s enjoy life with a little glimmer of heaven right here on this earth, living in the joy of the Lord!