The way to have a healthy family is for the family to know their need to God. They need to know that God is the creator of heaven and earth and that Jesus died for their sins. They need to know that families are God’s plan and that every family has a mission. Relying upon Jesus for salvation and serving God together. Knowing their need for God. That is how to have a healthy family.
When Jesus blessed the children, and told his disciples that they needed to receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he was telling them to remember their need for God. Children accept their need for God because children know that they always need somebody. Children won’t make it through the day without a bigger person to help them. Dependence comes naturally to them because it is part of their everyday experience. They want to grow out of it, but in the meantime they know they need adults. It doesn’t surprise them to know that they also need God. As we all do. As our families do.
We will wrap up our sermon series “How to Have a Healthy Family” this Sunday with a message, “Blessing the Children.”