Jesus said to them, "Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." (Mark 10:14-15 NIV)
Don’t you see? Children are an apt metaphor for the Kingdom of God because their egos are sized perfectly to get through the door. With children there is no feigned self-reliance or phony independence to balloon their egos to the size where entry into the Kingdom is difficult. The Kingdom of God is God’s Kingdom, not yours or mine or ours. In God’s Kingdom, God is sovereign, not you or me or us. And somehow, children not only know that instinctively, but they’re also okay with it. They’re perfectly willing to let God be God. They come to God with bareheaded, empty-handed, wide-eyed wonder. They have no sense of “having,” only “needing,” and that is precisely the posture required to gain access to God’s Kingdom -- eyes up, hands empty and outstretched.
-- R. Wayne
Stacy in “Where Jesus Walked: A Spiritual Journey Through the Holy Land”
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