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IT’S NOT YOUR WORRY!
Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matt 18:3-4).
It is almost as if David and Jesus had been talking and had come to the same conclusions together. David expressed himself this way: “My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful to me. But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.” (Psa 131:1-2).
David’s definition of pride was to concern himself with great matters and things too wonderful for him. When Jesus told his disciples to humble themselves and become like little children, they were arguing about who was going to be the greatest in the kingdom. It’s not our worry! Anything outside our control is not our worry. It is only pride in us that says it is.
Instead, like a child in its mothers arms, we can trust God completely and we don’t have to worry about a thing! So let’s become like little children, resting in the embrace of God, without worry and without pride.
Robert Prins