After many years of working with many children of different ages and countries, we understand why God teaches us that we must have the heart like a child because they automatically belong to the kingdom of heaven. I love learning from them, I have spent several years developing methods for learning the Bible and we can really see the wonderful results. We can learn a lot from them:
Perseverance = At a certain age, when children want a candy or a toy, they first ask, then insist, scream, even kick their mother and do not give her peace until they get what they want. Remember the story of the unjust judge? Did you see how the widow’s persistence helped her win her case? There are people who leave their faith and cannot achieve great things from God's hands because they do not have this wonderful quality that children often have.
Forgiveness = Innocence is the symbol of a child. It's amazing the power of innocence in children. If they fight with a friend today and say, "I do not love you", tomorrow when they see their friend, it’s as if nothing had happened, they give kisses, hugs, want to be together and even hold hands. Sometimes adults only want to be friends with those we like and accept everything we do. When the "friend" does something that displeases us, they are no longer useful and we walk away no longer wanting to talk to them or see them, much less hug them! Imagine those friends who actually have defects, also their many qualities and how much we can learn from mistakes and qualities. So we need to have many friends and every day a heart like a child.
Trust = the trust that all children have is very impressive, especially towards their parents. Children always see their father as a hero, their mother is always the most beautiful and the best, and they cannot live without them. If the parent puts him up high and tells him to jump, he jumps and smiling throws his arms because he knows and trusts that his father will never let him down. How many times God wants us to play in his arms, knowing that he will never disappoint us, but the disappointments in life make the adult heart severely injured, and wickedness prevents the action of God for lack of confidence in his word.
Good Eyes = the child has good eyes towards everyone. Show him a sweet and he will start to smile. Everyone is good in their eyes. The child never thinks someone will do them harm. Adults usually see the wrong in everything. If someone shows them love, they automatically think they must want something, want to borrow money. If someone gives them a gift, they think they are trying to please him because they want something from him. They even see the bad where it doesn’t exist, because when the eye is bad, the whole body is sick.
Sincerity = the sincerity of a child is wonderful. They say what they think, sometimes leaving their parents in an embarrassing situation. They cannot lie, even if they try, the parent perceives it and knows they are lying. Many times adults see the bad behavior of a friend and tell everyone, except the friend. They even gossip, but don’t act with sincerity. There are also those who are afraid to talk, they keep everything in their heart, end up sick and lose their salvation for not having a heart that pleases God and not being sincere.
See how many things we can learn from children. Turning our hearts to a child's heart, and we will undoubtedly have a much happier life; pleasing to God and thus achieve eternal salvation.
And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.” (Matthew 18:3-5)
