BELIEVE
Your Heart & Life are Precious to Jesus - You are God's Beloved Child!
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When I saw this clip my heart was deeply touched by this little girls’ abandoned faith. She saw that the end of the rainbow was upon her grandma’s house which would, of course, mean that the treasure was at her grandma’s home because at the end of each rainbow there is a treasure. This little girl’s heart wholeheartedly BELIEVES - she called her grandma to receive her part of that treasure which is promised at the end of the rainbow.
I thought about our Father in heaven and His promise of a treasure, and how Jesus talks about the kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God as like a treasure to be found (Matthew 13:44, 45-46). I thought about there are times which I do not trust our Lord with this kind of child-like faith for those things Jesus refers to as being tangibly attainable of God’s promises. The God Father promises many glorious things – He is unable to lie. Hebrews 6:18 says, “It is impossible for God to lie.” God’s promises are true and real. We can learn of the promises in God's Word, the Scriptures.
When the video clip finished, I immediately heard these questions rise in my heart, questions which Jesus was asking of me:
How does your heart respond to this video clip? What does this little girl’s demonstrative child-like faith reveal to you? about yourself? about God? about God’s promises of the treasure being like the Kingdom of God? Do you know what the treasure of the kingdom of God is? Do you believe Jesus has a treasure in the Kingdom of God for you and others as this little girl does? Do you know where to find His treasure which He promises? Do you believe all that God promises you? Do you believe God truly desires for you to have Jesus, to intimately know His perfect love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, and faithfulness (Galatians 5:22). Jesus says in John 15:11 after He talks about what abiding in Christ is: “These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.”
DO YOU BELIEVE?
This little girl’s faith and the questions which rose in my heart compelled me to seek God about these things. I went to the Scriptures and began to do a study on the kingdom of God, treasure, and His promises. I was deeply moved. If you decide to seek His Word about these things I pray for you to be as blessed as you seek God to inquire of all of what God might have to say uniquely to your heart. I am and will be holding you in prayer, for us all to Believe, and to have a child-like faith as this little girl does. God speed, and have fun as you seek God’s heart regarding these things.
I would enjoy hearing your thoughts and how you might answer these questions which Jesus asked me, if you would like to share. God bless you!