The bible says you must receive the kingdom of God as a little child. What are the characteristics of a child? Why do you have to be a child to receive the kingdom of God? Why do God put the child forward as an example of who will enter the kingdom of God? There are 3 phases in the life of a man, and most of the things God created, He created them in 3 phases. Even God Himself; God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. He created morning, afternoon and evening. He created Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. In the life of a man, you have the receiving time,(which is the morning hour), you have the using time(which is afternoon hour), and then you have the testimony time(which is the evening hour). What you receive at the receiving time is what you will use at the using time, and the foundation of every day is the morning. So, the foundation of every one's life is the receiving time. Children are always at the receiving time; that is the foundation level. The bible says "if the foundation be destroyed, what can the righteous do"? The righteous has no choice and cannot do anything except the foundation is right. So what is Jesus saying concerning receiving the kingdom of God as a child? He is saying that your heart and mind must be open to receiving the word of God at all times because if your mind is closed, your life is closed. That is to say, nobody grows old by merely living a number of years; people grow old by deserting their ideals. Do you know why God has never grown old? Is because, God is new everyday. So, anyone that will stay relevant, progress in life or want to be like God must have his mind renewe everyday. How do you have your mind renewed? Be ready; have a ready mind to receive the word of God. Things of kingdom are new everyday, The Word of God is new every day. Your mind must be ready to receive new things. T.L Osborn said "Until you stop learning you are not old, but the day you stop learning, you become old" What is expected of a child is to learn and be trained. If a child is not undergoing training, he's old. The bible talks so much about WISDOM, that wisdom is the principal thing and a wise man is strong. Therefore those who know their God are strong and shall do exploit. However, "Wisdom is not common sense, Wisdom is acquired sense" It is what you acquire through learning that makes you wise in life. The only material you need to become wise is knowledge and that is the characteristics of children. Children are in the receiving age. Let your heart be like that of a child. Be ready to learn new things, be ready to know God more, be ready to study the Word of God more. For you to be considered wise, you must acquire Knowledge and let your faith grow. You are as young as your self-confidence and as old as your fear. What brings about self confidence is the knowledge of your father. Every child always has confidence when the father is around. If a man begins to tell a story of a better last year today then he is a failure because, you are expected to grow, change, develop and increase everyday. Anyone that wants to be great in life must be a servant to all. It is what you do that makes you relevant on earth. If you stop being relevant, you are not useable. You must put yourself under the rule or else, you cannot rule in life. There is no one that is independent on earth that makes it. The word of God is the word of command. Put yourself under the authority of the word of God and you will see yourself having authourity. A child that does not stay under governance, when he grows up, he becomes a liability.Growing up takes hardness, but it is hardness that remove you from hardship. It is not a curse to be under governance, it is a way to greatness. Stay Blessed.
Don Ernest.
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