Ephesians 5:1

Ephesians 5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

It is fun to watch a little guy follow his dad.  He will imitate him every way he can.  He has complete trust in his dad, in the son’s eyes dad is perfect – he wants to be just like him.  He wants to be as close to him as possible.  He obeys him as much as he possibly can.

THAT is the attitude God wants from us.

The little one gets older and one day he finds that dad is not perfect, slowly he sees that while his father is worthy of his love he is not as perfect as he once thought he was, the relationship changes.  There are those that try and say the same thing about God, they say they have ‘grown up’ and see God for who He really is and He isn’t who we think He is; or He doesn’t exist He has been made up by people to keep others dependent – who can’t think on their own and need a crutch.  They don’t want to place God in His proper place, because then He will have a right to have a say in what they should or should not do.

God does exist and He doesn’t want us to believe in Him as a child to ‘lord’ it over us.  He wants us to accept his dominion that we might have an eternal life with Him and a more purposeful life here on earth.  But not only us, He wants us to share His love with others that they too, might accept Christ as their Savior and God as their Father.

As we get older we want to be independent, we want to be our own person and show that we don’t have to rely on someone else.  Strong traits and ones we can admire and aspire towards.  Unfortunately it is that attitude that also keeps us from growing closer to God.  We need to look on God as that little guy looked on his dad and accept His guidance and love without question.

~ From the Columbia River Gorgeous