Childlike Trust
Christian faith is not neurotic dependency but childlike trust. We don not have a God who forever indulge our whims but a God whom we trust with our destinies. The Christian is not a naive, innocent infant who has no identity apart from a feeling of being comforted and protected and catered to but a person who has discovered an identity that is given by God which can be enjoyed best and fully in a voluntary trust in God. We do not cling to God desperately out of fear and the panic of insecurity; we come to him freely in faith and love.
I look to you, heaven-dwelling God,
Look up to you for help.
Like servants, alert to their master's commands,
like a maiden attending her lady,
We're watching and waiting, hholding our breath,
awaiting your word of mercy.
PSALM 123:1-2
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