"Childlike Trust"

PSALMS 131 [A Song of degrees of David.]

  As you probably know, there are reasons that I believe the Bible has got to be looked at as the Word of God; besides the fact that it is true, the way we look at it as His Word is important to the ways that we will cherish every single word that is written, even the stuff that might seem as though it does not make any sense. There is so much to gleam from every single verse; something that has absolutely no impact upon your life one day, can be life-changing the next; this is because His Word is alive! The Holy Spirit that lives inside of each and everyone of us that believe, He brings the Word to life in us and causes even the most simple passage to cause change and grow us up in the Lord. This Psalm might be short, and there might be some that feel a little awkward reciting it; but this is the heart of God, straight to the point of His redeeming love and the sacrifice of humility. You might not have seen that coming, as well as myself; but these are all the things we might long for in our own hearts, and always fall short of achieving them. "Childlike Trust" is the title written above this Psalm in my Bible, as you should have figured out; but it is something we hardly ever put into practice, primarily because we think it is beneath us, and as adults, we should pick ourselves up and walk like a man; if you understand my meaning. That whole, no fear, mentality, where we try to act as though we have it all figured out and that there is nothing that can throw us off our game. That is pretty much the opposite of what we are talking about, because this about humility and learning. If there is one thing that we should get from Job's conversation with God, it is that Job needed to be schooled about some of the things he thought he understood, but seriously lacked understanding in. You might have heard that saying, "Children should be seen and not heard," well, more times then not, that is the way that I feel. Regardless, until this no longer feels as though it is important, I will continue to show up to be schooled. Childlike trust is more about listening than it is about speaking out; after all, what is it that we can tell Him to do...

"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy rages: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. But now, O LORD, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand." (Isaiah 64:6-8)