"See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven."
Matthew 18:10 (NIV)
“Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world...” The gospels are very clear about the attitude of our Lord toward children. We sing about this, and we teach children all over the world this truth, and what a wonderful truth it is.
We make a mistake if we think that our Lord’s attitude towards children is a reflection of His humanity. It is a reflection of His deity, not His humanity. God makes these children in the womb (Ps 139:13). He chooses their time and place of birth and He even chooses their parents. He does all this all over the world so that people will seek Him (Acts 17:26,27). He loves them as only their Creator could!
Not only is this true physically of all the children in the world, it is also true spiritually of all the children of God. When we heard the Word, we believed and received the promised Holy Spirit. We were, at that moment, reborn; we became at that moment a spiritual baby, a new creation in Christ. We might have thought of ourselves as quite wise and mature, but really we were just babies. We were babies who needed nurturing, who needed feeding, who needed parents and protection, and love.
May we not despise these spiritual infants in our midst at Parkdale. May we instead love them with the love of Christ, serving them in humility and gentleness and bearing with them in love.
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