It is that simple !

“At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

Matthew 18: 1

There was a show that I watched really long ago called Candid Camera. Its where they plant a hidden camera and then check people’s reactions to bizarre situations that they set up The other day they had a rerun of the show on TV and what they did was they had a big bowl full of 1 dollar bills in a shop. And next to the bowl they had a sign ‘Free Money ! Each one can take one bill’. Its free money right, you would think that everyone would grab a dollar and the bowl would be empty in lightening speed. But guess what ? When people passed by and read the sign they did funny things . Some smelt the money , some lifted up the money against the light to check if it was real, some laughed and went away and not a single person took the money. In their minds it was just too good to be true. Time passed by and no one took even a single bill. Finally a child came by , read the sign , knew it was ok to take the money , put her hand into the bowl and took a dollar and went off happily on her way ! :-)

Matthew 18 : 1-4 , “At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."

Oh if everyone would have had the simplicity of thinking like a child :-) As we grow up we tend to over complicate things and over analyze things . We forget basic simple truths. We start letting things of the world dictate our principles and our lifestyles instead of being founded on one thing and one thing alone – The Word of God.

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6: 23)! It’s a gift… Its free. Jesus Christ already paid the price . And all we have to do is stretch our hands out and take it.

The Bible is the word of God. And the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of the soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Its right there for us… something so wonderful , something so powerful… Do we pass it by ?

God Bless