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Childlike Faith — What did Jesus Mean?

***This is simply an observation***

You know when Jesus talks about having faith like a child, I don’t think He’s talking about religion the way we usually think about it.

I think He’s pointing to something way simpler… but harder for us to actually live out.

Like a little kid with their dad.

She doesn’t sit there trying to figure him out. She doesn’t wonder if she’s done enough to deserve his love that day. She just runs to him. Climbs into his arms. Laughs when he lifts her up.

It’s not complicated for her. She just trusts him.

Because in her mind, it’s already settled
“that’s my dad. I’m safe with him.”

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But as we get older, we kind of lose that simplicity.

We start turning everything into systems. Religion. Rules. Expectations. Rituals. Traditions.

And they’re not always bad things, but they slowly shift something inside us.

Instead of just knowing we’re loved, we start asking,
“Did I do enough?”
“Am I acceptable today?”
“Did I mess it up?”

And before you know it, faith doesn’t feel like a relationship anymore. It starts feeling like a test you’re always trying to pass.

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But I don’t think that was ever the point.

Because the love of God isn’t something you earn step by step.

It’s something you either receive… or you keep trying to qualify for.

And a lot of us, without even realizing it, spend most of our lives trying to qualify for something that was already given.

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That’s why I think Jesus keeps bringing it back to children.

Because a child doesn’t overthink love. They don’t perform for it. They don’t stand at a distance wondering if they’re good enough to be held.

They just go to their father.

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And I think God wants that with us.

Not distance. Not performance. Not constantly trying to prove ourselves.

Just… trust.

Even when life doesn’t make sense. Even when things hurt. Even when we don’t have answers.

It’s like saying, “I don’t understand all of this… but I’m still coming to you.”

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And the crazy part is, I think that’s what we miss a lot of the time.

Not that God stopped loving us, but that we stopped just receiving it.

We added so much in between, rules, expectations, guilt, that we made something simple feel complicated.

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But at the core of it, I think it’s still just this:

You’re loved.
Not because you got everything right.
Not because you earned it.
But because you’re His.

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And maybe childlike faith is just coming back to that.

Not trying to hold everything together.

Not trying to earn something that’s already been given.

Just trusting Him enough to come close again.

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@DavidFischer Savior. The only living God.

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@YeFutureSaint Jesus died and rise again. He is the Messiah. The Christ. The only way to God is through Him. There is no other Scripture before or after the books of the Bible.

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@JoshuaBarzon Yes. Simply because a lot of parents do not know how to teach children. Let alone teach them about God.

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@taco_talks @BeSaintly Facts

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@reddit_lies Haha that’s funny. No true Christian will be able to be hexed or cursed while we have the Spirit.

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@maryarchived Churches need to create programs and ways to attract Men to their congregation. That means strong male figures to show guidance in the church.

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@__SatoAoi My generation grew up with the introduction to Anime and the internet opened to world to Japan as well when I was young. So I can see how that has caused an attraction to Asian/Japanese Women in my age group.

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@kelly_ques The age Christ calls me back

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@MickMilee Faith in Christ is truth - religion is false

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@adelethelaptop You’re a beast to get through it in 10 days lol
I’m lucky if I can do it in a few months 🤣

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@w_bitterman Your Job/Career is not important to God

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“A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.” — Proverbs 10:4

God designed work to produce fruit. Diligence isn’t just about earning a paycheck, it’s about faithfully stewarding what God has entrusted to us. Our work matters because it can glorify Him.

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@JohnPoo40402984 @MickMilee Worship is only one of the ways He expects us to treat Him.He also expects us to use our abilities to treat others as He would, and to be like Him through our work. Showing Glory to Him in all those forms.

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@2Dinu83028 Great animal. Terrible AI video

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@algurahmet47 AI will do that to you

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@Kaybedlerklbu Just more AI

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@JCFights Respect the country’s laws and culture you are visiting. It’s simple.

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@Frenkie_Woody Notice how they all look the same.
AI does wonders. And amazing how a human can bite directly into a fried chicken leg straight through the bone.

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Notice the instructor is completely calm as the plane is spinning out and falling.. and the student progressively becomes more scared.. then the student levels the plane. This is how the God instructs us. Calmly, patiently and deliberately guiding us.

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The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.” — Gen 2:15

Work existed before sin entered. That means work itself is not a punishment—it’s part of human purpose. In a modern sense, your job is a “garden” you’ve been placed in to manage well.