Fourteen young learners died in an accident in Vanderbijlpark in Gauteng South Africa yesterday. Please pray for their families.
Thank the Father that these children are with Him now.
HOW WONDERFULL CHILDREN ARE.
Jesus told the disciples “Let them come to me” referring to children that had brought to let Him pray for them. Of all people on earth that day they should have been welcomed by the disciples. But what did they do? They “rebuked” the people that had brought the Little Ones to see Him. Rebuked in the original language meant a lot more than we would think today. They were more than angry. They were upset!
Bringing children to Jesus!!
Jesus’s reaction? Amongst other things He said was “Do not hinder them”.
I am an old man who calls Jesus “My King” You cannot just stroll into His Presence! But He allowed them to come to Him. Why? They had sinned and He knew that and spoke about it as well. But “The Little Ones” trusted Him. They could see Him for who He still is, namely Our Saviour.
They loved Him and believed in what He prayed. He hugged them which is a way He expressed His love for them. I see such a wonderful thing in this event.
They wanted to stay with Him. They were away from the people who loved them.They knew He loved them more and they accepted Him with humility.
The attitudes of children, their characteristics are needed by all of us to end up in heaven. They did not leave Jesus. “He went away.”(not them)
When we start our normal day do we pray for our children?
When the day ends do we thank God for them and bless them? Do we hug them?
Here is a lesson i learnt many years after my Mom died.
My Dad was my hero in the physical and spiritual sense. After i retired i often recalled memories of my father. I was very proud of him. Slowly but surely i started to recall memories of my mother. Then that one came!! She taught me to pray ever day. The first prayer she taught was written by Charles Wesley and started like this. “Gentle Jesus meek and mild look upon a little child and suffer me to come to thee ” Wow. She suddenly became my other hero just like my Dad. May i respectfully ask that you do the same as my Mom?
More than 70 years later i have seen the results of what she started in my life. Without prayer i would now be dead, possibly died 33 months ago! Being born again, being taught by God, sharing the Gospel and uncountable more.
This is but a start to looking at children and seeing how wonderfull they are. We must love protect and pray for them not now and then, but every single day.