Be like a child!

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Philippians 4:6

Children don't have a care in the world about about anything. They are free to do their frolicking and enjoy life without being burdened about their needs. There is an obvious reason for this: they are totally confident in their channel for receiving supply. Hungry children just have to give a signal to mummy and they'll be fed!

God wants us to be like children. In fact, Jesus spoke about how we ought to be like little children (Matthew 18:1-5). Although, in that context, he was talking about humility, we can discover also that complete reliance on God for all things is a child-like trait. No wonder Jesus said don't worry about anything:

"Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."
(Matthew 6:25-33)

Learn to live a worry-free life. Don't allow the temporary cares of your life lead you into unnecessary emotional stress and choke the Word of God in you. The Bible says, "Casting all your cares on Him for He cares for you." (1 Peter 5:7)

The Lord cares about you so much. His thoughts concerning you are only for good. Not only that, they are innumerable: "How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee." (Psalm 139:17-18)

Rest in His great love for you. If He could care enough to send Jesus to deal with such a great thing as eternal damnation, liberating you to become a citizen of His Kingdom, you should be confident that no temporary need, care or setback can limit Him in your life.

He says all things are yours (1 Corinthians 3:21)! He's blessed you with all spiritual blessings in Heavenly places (Ephesians 1:3)! He's given you all things that pertain to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3)!

Be like a child; just believe! That's a common characteristic of children: they totally believe what their parents tell them because of the utterly great trust they have toward their parents. Let me share with you how God describes the one who trusts in the Lord absolutely:

"Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord , and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit."
(Jeremiah 17:7-8)

Glory to God! What a blessing this is!

The secret to being a child is found in Psalm 37:4-7:

"Trust in the Lord , and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord ; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord ; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. Rest in the Lord , and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass."

Be like a child!