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Faith of a Today's Devotional Read: Luke 18:15–17 Bible in a Year: Psalms 57–59; Romans 4 Jesus . . . said, “Let the little come to me.” Luke 18:16 As our adopted granny lay in her hospital bed after suffering several strokes, her doctors were unsure of the amount of brain damage she had endured. They needed to wait until she was a bit better to test her brain function. She spoke very few words and even fewer were understandable. But when the eighty-six-year-old woman who had babysat my for twelve years saw me, she opened her parched mouth and asked: “How is Kayla?” The first words she spoke to me were about my whom she had loved so freely and fully. Jesus loved too and put them in the forefront even though His disciples disapproved. Some parents would seek out Christ and present their to Him. He chose to bless the as He “[placed] his hands on them” (Luke 18:15). But not everyone was happy that He was blessing little ones. The disciples scolded the parents and asked them to quit bothering Jesus. But He intervened and said, “Let the little come to me” (v. 16). He called them an example of how we should receive God’s kingdom—with simple dependence, trust, and sincerity. Young rarely have a hidden agenda. What you see is what you get. As our heavenly Father helps us regain childlike trust, may our faith and dependence on Him be as open as a ’s. How can you imitate a ’s sincerity in your relationship with God? How do you bless in your family and community? Father, help me to be as open and sincere as a as I receive Your kingdom. 
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