Childlike Faith
I once served as a counselor for third-grade campers at a Christian camp in the North Carolina mountains. It was an especially hot, dry, Carolina July. On the way to arts and crafts, I overheard one of my campers say thoughtfully to another, “I sure hope it rains soon. My grandmother’s garden needs water.”
Immediately his friend let out a confident war cry and began a primitive rain dance. A third child then chimed in, “Don’t be so silly. God’s not going to make it rain just because of your stupid dance.”
Now defiant, the original “rain wisher” made a grand theological statement: “God can do anything He wants to!”
The first step to a childlike heart is the most important one. You must admit that God can do whatever He wantsand that you can’t. It means [ … ]