Faith of a Child 小孩的信心
Dexu Xia
Jesus . . . said, “Let the little children come to me.”Luke 18:16
As our adopted granny lay in her hospital bed after suffering several strokes, her doctors were unsure of the amount of brain damage she had endured. They needed to wait until she was a bit better to test her brain function. She spoke very few words and even fewer were understandable. But when the eighty-six-year-old woman who had babysat my daughter for twelve years saw me, she opened her parched mouth and asked: “How is Kayla?” The first words she spoke to me were about my child whom she had loved so freely and fully.
Jesus loved children too and put them in the forefront even though His disciples disapproved. Some parents would seek out Christ and present their children to Him. He chose to bless the children as He “[placed] his hands on them” (Luke 18:15). But not everyone was happy that He was blessing little ones. The disciples scolded the parents and asked them to quit bothering Jesus. But He intervened and said, “Let the little children come to me” (v. 16). He called them an example of how we should receive God’s kingdom—with simple dependence, trust, and sincerity.
Young children rarely have a hidden agenda. What you see is what you get. As our heavenly Father helps us regain childlike trust, may our faith and dependence on Him be as open as a child’s.
By: Katara Patton
How can you imitate a child’s sincerity in your relationship with God? How do you bless children in your family and community?
Father, help me to be as open and sincere as a child as I receive Your kingdom.
耶稣⋯⋯说：“让小孩子到我这里来。”—路加福音18章16节
我的女儿小时候给保母照顾了12年。这位保母如今已86岁，经历了几次中风后躺在医院里。医生们都不确定她的大脑的损伤程度，必须等她病情好一点之后才能检查她脑部的功能。她只能说几个字，而且大多的话都模糊不清，很少人能听懂。然而，当我到医院探望她时，这位与我女儿情同祖孙 的老奶奶一见到我，便张开她干瘪的口问道：“凯拉好吗？”她跟我说的第一句话是关心我的女儿，那个她毫无保留地深爱着的女孩。
耶稣也爱小孩，并重视他们，让他们到祂跟前，但祂的门徒并不赞同。在路加福音18章记载，有些父母带着他们的孩子来寻找耶稣，让耶稣给小孩子祝福，并且摸一摸他们（15节）。但并非每个人都乐意见到耶稣为孩子们祝福，耶稣的门徒责备那些父母，叫他们不要打扰耶稣。然而，耶稣却阻止门徒，并对他们说：“让小孩子到我这里来”（16节）。祂还明确指出，要进入上帝的国，就要像小孩子那样真诚且单纯地倚靠和相信，因为上帝的国属于这样的人。
幼小的孩子很少有隐藏的心机，一般都是心口如一，诚实无伪。愿天父帮助我们重建有如孩子般单纯的信心，让我们能像孩子一般全然地相信祂、倚靠祂！
作者： 潘恺兰
在你与上帝的关系中，
你要如何像小孩一样真诚？
你要如何祝福在你家里与社区里的孩童？
上帝的家超越了部落、种族和其他群体的关系，因为我们同有一位天父。欢迎点击链接：
天父，当我接受祢的国度时，帮助我如小孩般敞开与真挚。