As Children

Matthew 18:3 Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Our Lord commends childlikeness.

How are we to be as little children?

As a little child…

1. LEARNS
   Children want
   • to FIND OUT - about life
   • They want to learn and grow
   • to explore
   • to ask a lot of questions

Our Lord says, "…receive the kingdom of God as a little child" Luke 18:17. Be receptive to God.

Children have a thirst for knowledge. May we also keep that desire to learn. He says, Matthew 11:29 …Learn of Me… Jeremiah 10:2 Learn NOT the way of the heathen…

God made children to be teachable. Are we learning of Him - of our Lord?

Proverbs 1:5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning…

A child can learn a foreign language a lot easier than an older person can. They love to learn. They can absorb knowledge more easily. What about us, spiritually? Will we be like children? Are we wanting to learn the things that our Father wants us to know? Are we willing to learn from those whom the Lord has placed in our lives? Be a learner. A student of the Word of God.

Will we be as a young child - as a piece of living clay, with a soft and yielding heart? Will we have that same child-like desire to learn about God, and be willing to keep on learning? Let's keep that childlike spirit of wanting to learn and grow. Let's keep that humility as we learn.

As far as our knowledge goes, we really only have a bucket-load of the ocean.

Here's another thing we can appreciate about children… Another way we would do well to be as a little child… Is that a little child…

2. LAUGHS
   Children can quickly make their own fun and happiness...