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This morning I connected a 'dot'
I had never seen before....
Moses records how the people 
would not go into the promised land because 
'God hated them'   ref Deut 1:27
But God said that He actually 
'carried them as a Father carries His son'  ref Deut 1:31
and so God judged the generation that
declared that He was against them...
AND THEIR CHILDREN.  
In fact He told them, that though
they would not get in
Their Children would..... ref Deut 1:39
Hmmm....
That triggered a memory...
Something about little children
inheriting the Kingdom of God
Something about becoming like a little child
to enter the Kingdom God has for us...  ref Matt 18:3, 19:14
Words of Jesus!
Words that Jesus said to Israel in 1400BC
and repeated in 30 AD!
The Kingdom is SAFE
for little children.....?
Really...?
The Promised Land was good...
But full of Giants.....
The real deal....
Yet God said the little ones would take it
Because they trusted that God was 
Bigger
That God would Fight on their behalf
That they could be 'Strong and Courageous'
BECAUSE God would remove their enemies power....
Hmmm.  
That helps me understand Jesus' words better.....
Luke 18:16  But Jesus 
called the children to him and said, 
"Let the little children come to me, 
and do not hinder them, 
for the kingdom of God 
belongs to such as these.
Lord Jesus,
The promised land
the Kingdom of God
The things You have for me....
Full of challenges 
and obstacles
but full of 
You
who will carry me as Your son...
Wow.
Thank You Jesus
for reminding me
That You Love me
more than Your life....
Thank You.
PJ