Friday, March 06, 2009

By design

I used to mow grass for a close friend who owned a campground. I would mow around the trailers, many of the people are just passing through on vacation and many are there as regular tennants. I usually run around the whole place for the first 2-3 hours on the riding mower getting as close everything as I can, then I come back around with the weedeater and finish up around each spot and their cars and possessions. I sometimes catch my mind wandering about the people in there based on their possessions. There is one family in particular that had a business it seemed, and the business was childproofing. Apparently they come into the house of someone with little ones and they childproof everything from cabinets, to electrical outlets, to pool areas and so on. It seemed like a pretty cool idea, if you have the money to invest in the safety of your little ones. But why don't we just make things automatically child proof so that we don't have to worry about it.
Well, God had a grand plan, and in His plan He made everything adult proof. He saw to it that each piece of the puzzle and His Gospel was completely intellect proof. No matter how smart or intelligent you are, you will have a harder time understanding faith than a 5-6 year old little child. CHildren get it, that's one reason I really like doing a children's sermon because the little ones truly get it, they understand it and they don't over think it as we as adults often do.
Matthew 11:25-26 says, At that time Jesus said, 'I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure'"
Think about JEsus' words right there. They hid it from the wise and learned, and revealed to children. God's will is that His plan and His Gospel is fully understood by children. It's about faith and not about intellect and that was God's plan from the beginning, to keep life as simple as possible. Think about it, every part of life that is difficult is man made headaches that were not a part of the original plan.
So don't over think the Gospel, trust it with the faith of a child and you will see it the way God intended.
Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

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