Childlike wonder …
Kids’ stuff or part of the faith adventure of following Jesus Son of God?
Listening to a song today about recapturing days gone by of childlike splendor and wonder.
So where did our sense of wonder go? Is it gone until heaven? Does it show itself only at very special or exceptional moments?
Or …
Should this even be an issue, a topic of discussion? Are thoughts like this childish? Nose to the grindstone and all.
But wouldn’t that be saying that majesty must wait, that God withholds his awesomeness until heaven?
Saying then, that we can or should pursue this wonder …
How would a person go about rediscovering the wonder of living in God’s world while still on earth?
Faith.
We are to live by faith, not by sight.
Live by sight then that is the extent of your world. Basically, live by sight, live in your world, or the world of men (and women). Human borders and horizons. What you see is all you get.
Live by faith …
You guessed it. Live in God’s world.
- 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV)
We live by faith, not by sight.
Walk right into the wonder and majesty of God’s world.
- Romans 1:17 (NIV)
For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
- Hebrews 11:6 (NIV)
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
