Daily Devotional

September 23rd, 2025
by Pastor Greg Warmerdam

"Like a Child"

I have always loved children. Maybe because I was raised in a large family, I am not sure. After I became a Christian, I thought that I would love to work in the nursery, with the babies! But I have always been urged to move up. First to the youth. Very soon after to the adults. But I am still overjoyed by the little ones! They are our future! And they are precious in God’s eyes. Jesus made some remarkable comments about children, and faith. Consider this passage from the gospel of Luke:

"And they were bringing even their babies to Him

so that He would touch them,

but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them.

But Jesus called for them, saying,

“Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them,

for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God

like a child will not enter it at all.” Luke 18:15-17, NASB

About a month ago I wrote some things in my journal about faith. It is a “question” format. But it was to me a seeking of the simple. The children see the simple. They have simple faith. Could we have that kind of faith? It seemed to be what Jesus was saying. It is very apparent that the gospel was not to the rich and learned, but to the childlike. It is to all, and the childlike seem to have a better lock on it. So I asked for my own encouragement, “What if I just had faith?”

Below is most of what followed:

Would that be enough? Not faith in faith, but faith in Jesus. Faith in Him no matter what? Believing He is greater than not only all my sin, as the song goes, but all my weaknesses? All my strengths? All my failures? All my successes?

Always just relaxing, not stressing (Be still and know that I am God) and exercising faith? Believing? Waiting on Him? Discerning? Acting when it seemed good, in peace? Resting when not sure? Waiting?

What if I believed in Him over and above EVERYTHING? No matter the circumstances, believing? Not trying to get some things done, or trying to get Him to do something, rather just believing? Trusting in His eternal work begun before the foundation of the world? Believing in Him with no evidence? Believing in Him with evidence?

What if my life was a life of rest, in faith, like the Moravians, sitting on the stormy boat unconcerned about their fate, while John Wesley looked on, incredulous? What if faith was enough for everything, all the time, everyday? What if faith was the singular way, the only way? Everything arising out of faith? All succeeding in that faith? All “failures” turned by that faith? Always seeing Him who is unseen, with eyes of faith? Always believing?

What if faith was the purpose of all for the Christian, the whole purpose? What if the exercise of faith accomplished everything? What if faith was always enough, every time? Every circumstance? What if faith really did move mountains?

What if faith was the victory? (1 John 5:4). Victory in everything, spiritually, always, no matter what things looked like? What if faith, persisted in, always broke through and conquered? Always succeeded? Always saw? Always worked? Always overrode? Always lived?

What if?

The faith you have, have as your own conviction before God! (Romans 14:22).

What if we believed?

What do you say?

Read: Hebrews 3:12-4:11, 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 1 John 5:1-5
Sing: Faith is the Victory, by John H. Yates (Ira D. Sankey)

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