A Reflection On Our Heavenly Father

When I consider what it means to be a child of God

Though we grow beyond childhood in human terms, we are always God’s children. We grow up spiritually, but we never grow to be independent of our heavenly Father. The carefree attitude that many children have can be ours. Why? The details are being taken care of by Someone older and wiser. He has not asked us to stay up late to worry about how to make ends meet. He has not burdened us with resolving family crises. He has let us see some of the family stress, of course, and He even asks us to play a role in handling it. But bearing the burden? Never. That’s the Father’s task, not ours.

We are not to ignore the burdens of life; we are to cast them into His arms. It honors God when we refuse to worry about something He has promised to do. He has never betrayed our trust. We know whose hands guard our family, and we know how secure His house is. The more we act like unburdened children, the more we prove our faith. And that always pleases our Father.

Anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Matthew 18:4