READING:
One-year plan: Numbers 17-20, Mark 10:13-34
Two-year plan: Exodus 22:16-23, Matthew 22:1-14
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My younger brother had tossed a Frisbee, and it landed on the roof of the house. To my great surprise, he helped my young niece onto the roof, from which she leapt into his arms after retrieving the toy. I watched with both anxiety and fascination as she trusted her daddy to take care of her from the beginning to the end of the adventure – and he did just that. In her mind, she had no reason to fear.
That’s the kind of childlike trust Jesus expects us to have when we follow Him. Like a child, in fact, we have nothing to offer Him but reliance and dependence. We’re to trust His love, even when His leading takes us in the direction of what appears to be great risk. Following Him might even bring persecution, but childlike faith trusts Him even then; this kind of faith allows God’s overwhelming love to remove the threat behind the word “risk.” Faith is funny that way, you know. The more we trust God like a child would, the more exciting the adventure can be.
PERSONAL REFLECTION: Do you trust God like a child?
PRAYER: “God, I welcome the adventure with You.”
TOMORROW’S READINGS:
One-year plan: Numbers 21-22, Mark 10:35-11:14
Two-year plan: Exodus 23:20-25:9, Matthew 22:15-33