True Conversion

 

Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3

We have our concept of conversion all wrong. We think that God wants to make us into super-humans. We think that being Christians means that we have to leap tall buildings and walk through brick walls. We think that it means we’re supposed to have all the answers.

But none of that is what Jesus offered. Rather that offering sophistication, Jesus offered simplicity. Rather than offering stress and busyness, Jesus offered playfulness. Rather than making us strong in ourselves, Jesus offered his strength. And rather than giving us all the answers, Jesus offered faith.

In this verse, Jesus equated conversion with childlikeness. In other words, the more childlike you are, the more Christian you are.

Hmmmmm . . . . That’s a far cry from the complex, stress-filled and anxiety-ridden “Christian life” I’ve been living lately. Somewhere along the way I misplaced simplicity.

I think it’s time for me to lean back into my true conversion and be a lot more like a child. Less serious, less worried and less hurried.

What about you? Have you lost the simplicity of your faith? Jesus didn’t come to make us Christian adults—you know, the super humans with all the answers. He came to make us into little children, his little children.

Lord God, help us to embrace today the simplicity and childlike faith you want us to have. In Jesus’ name . . . .

 

 

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