Child-likeness

The last few nights I’ve been having wierd dreams.  I’m not sure what they mean but it’s been a series of dreams that are unrelated but left a deep impression on me when I woke up.  Somehow, I believe God was trying to tell me something through them & I’ve been spending more time praying for covering & protection for all in the unit.  Indeed, as we want to push the frontiers of the Kingdom of God, we will always face opposition.  ”The devil is like a prowling lion” – not a roaring one that alerts people, but ready to pounce upon us at every opportunity.  I’ve been praying that we’ll all be focused on the Lord as I’m very sure that He’ll guide us & bring us towards breakthrough as we choose to look at Him instead of our limitations & abilities.  Interestingly, these disturbing dreams have come at a time when I’m mobilising all to start planning for the upcoming quarter.

Last night, I had the privilege of seeing how a child can entertain us adults in little ways.  My nephew was watching a VCD with songs & kids dancing & singing to the songs.  He followed suit, although his pronounciation is quite bad.  But the excitement of hearing the songs, knowing what song to expect next & knowing some of the lyrics of the songs.  He’s only 22 months but he’s so animated in his singing & dancing.  His favourite song is “Itsy-teeny spider” – think I might have spelt it wrongly.  But he kept passing my mom the remote control after the song ended to repeat it again.  Think he sang the same song repeatedly for more than 5 times, although it lasted for about a minute or so.

This morning, a colleague of mine who is older than myself but has a different way to look at things, reminded me of a child expressing joy when they’re happy.  Reminded me that God really wants us to be child-like before Him, depending on Him & taking joy & pride in Him being our Abba Father.

Believe God is leading us to a season of doing things in a new & different manner.  I’m praying for new ways to see things – through the eyes of faith & through God’s eyes.  I’m starting to see a glimmer of it but I’m praying that I’ll see a greater outpouring of it in the days ahead.