Mark 10:13-16

The Little Children and Jesus

People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.

I've loved this verse for many years and it is something that we mothers have shared with our children as they grow up and learn to read their baby Bibles. Anyhow, as I am in the midst of an intense Beth Moore Bible study, I felt this verse speak to my heart in a brand new way. I bolded the few words that pierced my heart.

The kingdom belongs to them, as in there are millions more there than adults. Right? Do you see that pop out at you? How many unborn babies there must be in the kingdom of God! Children who never had the chance to be born & hear the gospels or know the love of Christ through faith. Certainly, they're THERE in heaven with Him now, but His emotion is seen so clearly. The God of past, present and future. Indignant that one would hinder a child the chance to come to Him. Matthew 18:1-11 states that one who harms a child would be better off having a millstone hung around his/her neck and then drowned. God stand firmly and unapologetically on His feelings towards children and harming them.

Children are a blessing from the Lord. An inheritance. A reward. I wish I lived in a society that saw it as plainly as God's Word explains it.

Lamentations 3:58-59

O Lord, you took up my case;
you redeemed my life.
You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me.
Uphold my cause!

"Until Christ's kingdom comes, we can and must reach out to victims and support laws that restrain evil and expose deeds of darkness...." Beth Moore in Breaking-Free.

Thank you God for your Word today. - Robin