Wide Eyed Wonder
Mark 10:16 NLT
Then He took the children in His arms and placed His hands on their heads and blessed them.
Jesus said unless you are like a little child, you cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
What is the characteristic of a little child? The little children have a sort of wonder every morning when they come to their parents.
The child has the wide-eyed wonder every morning to go back and just to enjoy more of their parents, of their siblings, more of the blessings that God has given to them.
We need to carry the same in our relationship with our Father God.
Jesus told the disciples do not stop these children from coming to Me.
In Mark 10: 16, the bible says, He took the children in His arms and He placed His hands on their heads and He blessed them. When you enter into His presence, become like a child who is lost in love, in wonder, in fascination about how great our Father God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit is. The more we are focussing on who God is, on Jesus that we are serving, the Holy Spirit that is living inside of us will automatically cause us to be in wide-eyed wonder.
The reason we do not experience that so often is because we are constantly looking at ourselves and other people.
In this season, if you will decide to come to God and just be in wide-eyed wonder, you are going to experience the same as in Mark 10:16 that He would take everybody that comes to Him as a child, take you in His arms, and He would place His hands on your heads and He will bless you.
Psalm 147:2–3 reveals God's heart as a Restorer rather than a Punisher. Although Israel went into exile because of its own rebellion, God did not abandon His people. Instead, He promised to restore Jerusalem, bring the exiles home, heal the brokenhearted, and bind up their wounds.
The message reminds us that while God may use friends, pastors, counselors, or loved ones to help us, true healing and restoration ultimately come from the Lord. His restoration reaches every part of our lives—our hearts, relationships, health, finances, emotions, and spiritual walk.
God knows every wound, including those hidden from others. Unlike people, who can only comfort from the outside, He sees the deepest parts of our hearts and heals completely. His healing is so complete that even the scars of past pain lose their power to define us.
The devotion encourages believers to fix their eyes on God instead of relying solely on human help. No matter how far someone has drifted, how many mistakes they have made, or how broken they feel, God is still calling them back. His desire is to restore, heal, and make all things beautiful in His perfect timing.
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