Lessons from the Kids

So, this was a little while ago, but I wanted to write it down while I remembered. Every month or so, there’s a group worship session where all the classes gather in one room to sing praise songs together. The kids were singing along at a fairly normal volume, but when we got to the chorus in the Chris Tomlin song The God of Angel Armies, their voices just surged as they sang with all their hearts. And for me, that was special. Special because the little children who were singing it wholeheartedly believed every word of it. Special because it was a reminder that God is all-powerful, and like those little kids, I can trust Him without worrying about tomorrow.

While I'm remembering lessons I learned from the kids, here's another story. Sometimes, kids make the strangest statements. One time, Mrs. B asked the class, when is it easiest to trust Jesus? The expected answer: when things are going well. The actual answer: When we’re young and still don’t know what’s out there. I thought about it, and it's really true. As children, we rely completely on our parents and we trust them to take care of everything, including the problems. In that sense, it’s easiest to completely trust God at that point. As we get older, we become more used to taking matters into our own hands, and unfortunately, that often manifests in our spiritual lives as well. So I suppose that’s why we learn to make conscious decisions as we grow up – because the decision we have to make is whether we will choose to trust God and place all matters into His hands.