Like A Child

I realize that many read my words and think of them as being metaphorical.  After-all, how can so much happen to just one guy in so short a period of time?  How can someone actually be reduced to Zero in this day and age?

And I have thought on this question, brought about by a comment by one of the men in my church.  He is a reader, not necessarily a friend, just a acquaintance.  And last night, finally after months of steeping in my mind, I have the answer ....

It was just last summer when I made the statement about being reduced to nothing.  I was so ill, my temperature on the edge of brain damage, I mentally fought the delirium, my pleas for life unanswered as no one spoke German - that is how far my mind had been affected.  And I was broken physically and mentally, reduced to nothing.  I knew I was dying, a body can not take such abuse for long.  As the hours ticked by, I finally decided that if I was to die, then as long as I had breath left, I would pray through the list of those important in my life.  The fever finally broke when I had finished that prayer.

Mark 10:13-16

Live Out A Childlike Faith (Dependence)
"Like a child" requires trusting, dependence upon God.
Are you really dependent upon God?
Probably not in this western culture.
I always thought I was my whole Christian life, only to find to much me and not enough of God ...

Complete trust, complete dependence is required.

You much become nothing, you must be Zero before God.
Yeah not exactly culturally acceptable in today's narcissistic culture ...

Receive The Blessing of Jesus
Be a blessing to the "children".
(Young in the faith, the child-like, actual children!)

Model Jesus, show your faith, be blessed - pass it on!

Grant Others Access to Jesus
"Do not hinder them"
Jesus was indignant because the children were being held back!
People look to us to point them to Jesus ...

And it all starts with realizing that  you are actually nothing, you are reduced to Zero before God.  Then, God is completely free to use you to His glory.