Intellect Doesn't Draw Them

Intellect Doesn't Draw Them

 

     “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.”

     Right.  Can you tell me what five-year-old kid understands that?  First, God who?  Really, what are all His characteristics?  Love?  What’s love?  1 Corinthians 13 love.  Who explains that to a five-year-old?  World?  Dirt and water?  What does God have do to with mud?  And it goes on.  I would say a lot of adults don’t understand this verse, yet we pump it into the Sunday school class with eyes wide open and minds receptive.  Why?  Because God said it and it is truth.

     But the child does not come to Christ that way.  It is not through a series of memory verses.  On the contrary, like a wild beast he is only concerned with self-preservation.  In the nursery, we do not have to tell him to stop hugging or to refrain from showing affection.  Even an overflowing of thanksgiving we do not notice.  Children are born me-centered and that’s how they are geared to survive.  Their cry is the only language they know to communicate their need.  They will be annoying until someone serves them.  Such are children.

     Children need to be shown love.  Only when loving spirits draw close to theirs, do they understand the warmth of God.  Hence, we prep them for the encounter.

     When Christ draws close to them through our submitting spirits, He communicates to the child trust that goes beyond their intellect.

     Apprehensions are often undescribed like, “You mean it’s ok?  I can stop fighting now?  I was born a beast of the pasture.  Like a wild horse yet You come to me with open hands?  How can I trust You?”

     All these questions spin about the child’s mind. But with greater weight, their spirits evaluate us.  Hopefully, we adults who are more experienced with Christ, step in and reassure that Jesus can be their friend.  We are sent as missionaries for that short intersection point. That window of opportunity when the child, against his fallen nature, decides to relax and trust.

     So the child’s salvation is not about God’s truth academically.  From the word, “Go”, we’ve been on his radar.  He needs trust to protect him from his fears.  The child is born afraid.  He is totally dependent upon others for feeding and cleaning him.  His spirit has been watching us closely.  And this perception proceeds his first words. 

     Each child is created to understand love.  Spiritually it is discerned.  Cognitive comes later. 

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