We are going to start a ten part series today, "Christianity...Kid Style!" Each of the devotionals is a stand alone thought, but also builds on the entire theme of the series.

As Christians, sometimes it's nice to be reminded that we are God's "children," and ...  

...we ought to act like it!

When I was a little boy, I had no problem believing in some things that, well, are unbelievable. Take for instance, the tooth fairy.  My dad told me that whenever I lost a tooth if I would just place it under my pillow when I went to sleep, then the "tooth fairy" would exchange it for a quarter. I never questioned my dad. I just put the tooth under my pillow and expected to find a nice shiny quarter in its place on the following morning.

I was never disappointed.

And what about Santa Claus? My dad told me stories about this jolly guy dressed in red, who left presents for all of the good boys and girls. Did I ever doubt the existence of him? Absolutely not! I believed on Christmas Eve that Santa hitched up his reindeer and miraculously visited every child's home in the entire world. I even left the traditional cookies and milk out for my mysterious visitor and expected them to be gone when I awoke on the following morning.

I was never disappointed.

Children have a faith that, well, just believes what they are told. 

That's the way I was, and I'm sure that's the way most of you were when you were small children. Take Santa Claus. I didn't look at my dad and say, "Now, look. Santa is supposed to go to all of the houses in the world in one night. That just can't be. It takes at least one minute per house, assuming that he is very, very fast. Multiply millions of homes by one minute and there simply isn't enough time in one night for it to be done. It's impossible."

No, I didn't say that. I simply believed in what my father told me.  It didn't have to make sense and it wasn't necessary that I be able to explain it logically, or even understand it. I just believed my father.

Children just have that kind of faith.

That's the kind of faith that Christ wants you and I to have in Him. Simple, child-like faith. Oh, He doesn't ask us to put our faith in fairy tales like Santa and the tooth fairy. But, He does ask us to believe in the unbelievable. He asks us to place our faith in someone that we have never seen. He wants us to believe in things that, to our logical minds, just don't make sense.

How could it be possible that a huge body of water like the Red Sea could just open up and men could walk through it on dry land?

How could the walls of Jericho just fall to the ground at the sound of trumpets and shouts?

How could a young woman who never knew a man give birth to a child?

And how could that child live a perfect life, and heal the blind and cause the lame to walk and the dead to live again?

How can it be that we can eternal life and never, ever come to an end?

And what about this morning? What about the burdens that you and I carry? How can Jesus, among the millions of people on earth, how can He even know that we are hurting this morning? We've got needs today. Some of us are facing financial difficulties, some of us are sick, some of us are discouraged and depressed.

How can Jesus take those heavy loads from our weakened bodies and give us the rest that He promises? The Bible says that He will never leave nor forsake me, how can He get me through the day that I am facing?

Now, I'll be the first to admit, I don't understand it all. Just doesn't make sense to me, some of the things that I have read, about the miracles of the Bible, about the miracles that Christ can perform in our everyday lives...  

...but it doesn't have to make sense to me because...  

...I believe my (Heavenly) Father!  

And, you know what?  I'm never disappointed.

Child-like faith, do you have it?

Have a "Wonderful DAY in Christ,"
Jimmy D. Brown
\o/ Praise Jesus!