Sometimes I feel pretty silly sharing some of the things I believe God for. I guess God was listening to my thoughts this morning when I was thinking that. That is how I ended up here, thinking about childlike faith. 

Matthew 18 At that time the disciples came up and asked Jesus, Who then is [really] the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? 2 And He called a little child to Himself and put him in the midst of them, 3 And said, Truly I say to you, unless you repent (change, turn about) and become like little children [trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving], you can never enter the kingdom of heaven [at all]. 4 Whoever will humble himself therefore and become like this little child [trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving] is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. AMPC

I wasn’t for sure thinking I was the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. But as I hear so often echo in my memory  —you are just too gullible, you believe everything you hear. I heard that said to me growing up. In fact it was so funny to those who said that to me that they would often tell me a lie or a story to see if I would believe it and then laugh that I did.

Do you know what God is saying to me about that? He analyzed it and said it is a child's natural way to believe what is told to them. You were a child and not expecting people to lie to you. You had no reason to doubt those adults or even the other children. Now that you are older, you don't believe everything you hear because you have learned that there are liars. In fact, you bring everything to Me to see if it is true.

He went on to say that Satan is a liar; there is no truth in him (John 8:44). When Satan hears you talk about what you believe, it bothers him that you would trust Me so much. He doesn't want you to be as a child and just without question, trust Me. Your faith in Me is so strong that he tries to lie to you to get you to set aside your faith for what makes sense. Don't do it, be that child and know that kind of faith pleases Me.  

I am so inspired to keep believing God now. Things I was reconsidering to do the way everyone else does things —I have put aside instead of setting aside my faith. God would not lie to me. If He said it it's true and whether I see with my eyes or not I am going to believe it!

Let this inspire you as well. Don't do things as the world does, we are to be separate from them (2 Corinthians 6:17). We should have faith in God because if we don’t we are really like Satan. He wanted to be higher than God, and so he became his own god. We are our own god when we figure out our way and put God’s way aside. Let Him be your Daddy!