🌤️ How to Get Close to the Spirit, the Kingdom of God, and the Savior “Unless you become as little children…” — Matthew 18:3

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🌤️ How to Get Close to the Spirit, the Kingdom of God, and the Savior

“Unless you become as little children…” — Matthew 18:3

There’s a tenderness in those words that cuts through centuries.
Not a command of fear or duty — but an invitation back to innocence.

Jesus was saying:

“Come home. Let go of the armor you built to survive this world.
Be small again. Be open again. Be believing again.”

🕊️ “Jesus, I Give Everyone and Everything to You”

Say it slowly —

“Jesus, I give everyone and everything to You.”

That’s not a slogan. It’s surrender.
It’s the un-clenching of a weary heart.

We’ve carried so much — people, disappointments, fears, endless scrolling thoughts.
When we hand it all back to Him, we make space for the Spirit to breathe again.

📱 The Internet’s Counter-Discipleship

We live in an age of instant answers.
Type a question, and three million results appear in half a second.

Our souls have been trained to impatience.
If God doesn’t respond like a search engine, we assume He’s not listening.
But the ancient saints knew the truth:

“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart.” — Psalm 27:14

Waiting isn’t silence.
It’s formation.
It’s how the Spirit re-teaches the heart to listen.

🧒 Becoming Childlike Again

Children don’t live in cynicism.
You tell them, “We’re going to the beach tomorrow,” and they don’t say,

“Yeah, right — did you check the weather?”

They believe the promise.
They wake up early, eyes wide, already tasting the salt air.

That’s how Jesus wants us to live with Him —
in double joy: the anticipation and the arrival.

He said,

“Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” — Matthew 18:3

This isn’t about childishness.
It’s about unclenching skepticism, letting faith live again,
and trusting the voice of the Savior without the need for proof.

💡 The Cynicism We Call “Wisdom”

Let’s be honest — skepticism feels safe.
We wear it like armor.
“If I don’t expect too much, I won’t be hurt again.”

But Jesus whispers,

“I have so much to show you… if you’ll just believe again.”

Faith isn’t blindness — it’s seeing with your heart.
It’s giving permission for wonder to live again.

🔥 A Prayer for the Soul That Wants to Feel Again

Oh Jesus, heal what the world has done to my soul.
Heal the impatience, the numbness, the need for control.
I surrender my skepticism, my cynicism, my unbelief.
Breathe new life into faith within me.
Teach me to linger again, to wait for You,
and to delight in Your presence like a child delights in a promise.
Amen.

🌾 Reflection Scriptures

  • Matthew 18:3 — “Unless you become as little children…”

  • Psalm 63:2–3, 5 — “I have seen You in the sanctuary… Your love is better than life.”

  • Psalm 27:14 — “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart.”

  • 2 Nephi 31–32 — “This is the way; follow the Son with full purpose of heart.”

  • The Nemenhah Records, Book of Mahnti 8 — “The Haymehnay cannot enter into the proud heart, but abides with those whose hearts are soft and open as the child’s.” 

💖 The Kingdom Within Reach

The kingdom of God isn’t locked away in a temple or a doctrine.
It’s within reach — within the softened heart that chooses wonder again.

Today, whisper it once more:

“Jesus, I give everyone and everything to You.”

Then rest…
and let Him fill the silence.

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