Daily Huddle - Sat Jan 2, 2020 Unless

Love you all, praying for you.

I just love God’s Word.  It’s so sharp, so pointed, so opposite.  Matthew 18:3 – And he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.  I just love God’s Word – God never takes a long time to say what needs to be said.  And he packs so much in so few words.  First,  this is truth, believe it.  Second, you need to change.  What is change?  Doing something different than you’ve been doing.  What does that change look like – it looks like, childlike…  Why?  Because of you don’t change – you will keep operating like the earth operates, not like heaven operates.  You will follow the rules and get the results of earth, rather than follow the principles and get the results of heaven.  That’s why when the disciples couldn’t figure out what to do for lunch, Jesus fed 20,000 people with a few loaves and fish.  When the disciples thought they were going to die in the storm, Jesus stood up and said – Shhhhh! Chill…   And the wind and waves died down.  That’s why when the people gathered to mourn, Jesus said, “She’s just sleeping,” and when they laughed at Him, He put them out, and raised her back to life.  He operated like heaven, they operated like earth.  So how do you operate in your life like heaven operates?  Change.  What change does God want you to make?  Do you know?  Have you asked?  It might be something you are unaware of, or something that He’s been telling you but you don’t want to…  Then Jesus gave the secret.  Verse 4 – Therefore whoever humbles themselves and becomes like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.  Children just do what their dad says because they believe what He says and they trust him.  That’s what Jesus did, that’s what God wants for you, and the changes required, will first require humility – to humble yourself, and be willing to change.  Most people don’t change because they like what they are doing, and they think they know better.  And if God tells them what they need to change, sometimes it comes from their spouse, or family, or friends – and bottom line they just think they know better.  The problem is without humility there is no change and without change, there is no kingdom change.  Praying that you will choose humble, that you will ask God if He wants you to change anything in your life this year, maybe a belief or mindset, or habit, or perspective or way of thinking that impacts what you think, say and do.  So you can begin to operate like heaven operates, so you can see what heaven sees, do what heaven does, so the earth sees and many will believe. 
 
Love you all,
dad