“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.”
John 1:1-4
And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 18:3
These words in the Gospel of John were the first words I read as a brand new baby believer, a “child” of God.
After I received and believed Yeshua (Jesus) as my Messiah and Master, I asked God for the wisdom to understand the entirety of the Word, and I did.
The Word took root and was watered by the Holy Spirit.
Receiving my Messiah, though, had taken 29 years.
I wasn’t born an atheist but I over time I developed bad”filters”- layers of them: cynicism, anger, unbelief, scientific “enlightenment”, and many other things that put scales on my eyes, hardened my heart, and made me deaf to the voice of the Shepherd- keeping me from believing in and knowing the God of the Universe, who just happened to be my Father (in Heaven) as well. When I confessed Yeshua as my Savior all of those bad filters fell away. As an “unfiltered child” I was able to see the fullness of all Yeshua is – the Word made flesh, the embodiment of light and the Life of all men. There are good filters and bad filters, some “filters” need to be developed, principally those associated with maturing in our faith. However, there are some filters we need to guard against, the ones that allow doubt and cynicism to sprout like weeds; we need to remain like little children.
Are the wrong “filters” robbing you from experiencing the fullness of what God has for you right now, beloved?
Repent and ask God to “reset” your filters, bringing refreshment and renewal.