Jesus Loves Me This I Know

Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so.
Little ones do Him belong, they are weak but He is strong.
Yes, Jesus loves me, yes, Jesus loves me,
Yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so.
[Instrumental Jesus Loves Me/Clair De Lune]
[Fred Bock]

At that same time Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit and He said, “O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank You for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike.  Yes Father, it pleased You to do it this way.  [Luke 10: 21] 

ittle Suzie was winding up her night time prayer and said: Dear God, Before I finish, I want you to take care of mommy, take care of daddy, take care of my sister and my brother and please, God, take care of yourself, because if you don't we're all sunk. Amen!

A child’s theology – we are nothing without God.  While it may seem that the rewards in life come to the rich and famous, the beautiful, smart and powerful, God’s reward, His kingdom is available to everybody…to every nobody!  Ministry with God has its rewards, it is a privilege and the disciples were excited about the access to that power.  But the real privilege and cause of joy is the fact that we have eternal life with Him and that our eternal life starts immediately.  Just like a child, we are instantly rewarded with His eternal presence and love.

Jesus thanks God in these verses that spiritual truth is available to all who don’t try to over think or intellectualize His grace.  It may seem as if scholarly pursuits are not something that is encouraged in these verses, but Jesus was not denigrating those things, He was warning against being prideful of those things; of being wise in our own eyes, trusting our own “smarts.”  He was encouraging us to have a child-like faith in Him rather than relying on our own power and strength to find our way in this world.  Jesus is grateful that God has chosen to reveal Himself to the humble, those that rely on Him rather than themselves.  Studying the Bible, attending worship, discussing the Word of God with other Christians and modeling Christ’s life to the best of our abilities are wonderful pursuits as long as we don’t let conceit and pride get in the way of trusting God’s grace; staying careful that we don’t begin trusting our own personal qualifications for salvation.  The plain simple fact is that Jesus Loves Us, came to earth for us, died for us and the Bible tells us so….every verse, every book, parable, prophet and psalm.

-c anderson

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