"Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them;
for the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
Children show us the way to the Kingdom. We are called to trust in our Father like children. We are called to become more simple in every way. Our reasoning tends to become complicated to the point of convolution. Adults have much more of a problem with overthinking things than do children. We're get lost in the endless chains of cause and effect.
"Fathers have eaten green grapes,
thus their children's teeth are on edge"?
Like children we must be simple. Our deepest problems cannot be solved through reasoning, no matter how deeply we look. We won't discover something wrong with our parents that finally enables us to change. We won't discover something wrong with our genetic lineage that unlocks the final secret. Such investigations may have their place. But the ought not have a bearing on our relationship with God. They are not necessary to experience his joy.
if he lives by my statutes and is careful to observe my ordinances,
that man is virtuous—he shall surely live, says the Lord GOD.
Our joy and our peace are meant to come directly from the LORD. They are not meant to be mediated by circumstance or history. And so there is nothing but ourselves that can stand between us and the blessings of the LORD. We try to reason our way to joy and peace and it just doesn't work. We only end up further and further away. It isn't a problem with reasoning per se. It is a problem because we aren't acting as children who are willing to entrust our lives to the Father.
Let us recognize when our reasoning is getting carried away and becoming unhelpful. Let us turn to the LORD to find our joy in him.
Give me back the joy of your salvation,
and a willing spirit sustain in me.
I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners shall return to you.
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