Gems of Knowledge

Today’s One Year Bible Verses: 2 Samuel 19:11–20:13, John 21:1–25, Psalm 120:1–7, Proverbs 16:16–17

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Faith That Simply Trusts

There is something beautiful about the faith of a child.

Children do not usually overanalyze love.
They do not need every answer before they trust.
They simply believe the one they know loves them.

This is childlike faith. But somewhere along the way, many people lose that kind of faith.

Life becomes complicated. Pain, disappointment, unanswered prayers, traditions, and religion build walls around the heart, placing us in a box, and we want God to fit inside that box with us. So instead of coming to God openly and trustingly, people begin filtering everything through their own understanding, trying to control, explain, limit, or categorize Him into something manageable. And most of the time, they do not even realize they have done it.

But God has never fit inside the small boxes human reasoning tries to place around Him.

Today the Holy Spirit whispered this Gem of Knowledge to me:

“Blessed are My little ones who come to Me in faith, believing.”

When I read that, I do not hear childish immaturity… I hear surrendered heart.

The kind of heart that comes to Jesus openly, believing He still speaks and moves.
The kind of heart that allows Him to be the incredible God that He is, not the god we want Him to be.
The kind of heart that believes His Word and trusts His goodness without having all the answers.

In today’s reading from John 21, I love the simplicity of the disciples’ interaction with Jesus after the resurrection. The disciples had returned to fishing, uncertain and emotionally exhausted after everything they had experienced. And there Jesus was — standing quietly on the shoreline in the early morning light.

At first, they did not even recognize Him.

Then Jesus simply tells them:

“Throw out your net on the right-hand side of the boat, and you’ll get some fish.” (NLT)

What stood out to me is how simple their obedience was.

They did not argue.
They did not demand an explanation.
They did not stop to calculate probabilities or debate theology.

They obeyed.

And suddenly the nets were overflowing.

Honestly, childlike faith often looks exactly like that — simple trust that responds when Jesus speaks.

Peter’s response touches me deeply too. The moment he realizes it is Jesus, he throws himself into the water just to get to Him faster. There is no polished dignity there. No image management. No overthinking. Just love, faith, urgency, and a desire to be near the Lord.

That is the kind of faith I think God delights in.

Not proud faith.
Not performative faith.
Not faith that believes only when everything makes sense.

But surrendered faith that simply believes.

Proverbs 16:16 says:

“How much better to get wisdom than gold, and good judgment than silver!” (NLT)

True wisdom is not the intellectual pride the world offers. That kind of pride limits God to human understanding. True wisdom keeps the heart humble enough to trust Him beyond what we can fully understand.

And Psalm 120 opens with:

“I took my troubles to the Lord; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.” (NLT)

That is childlike faith too — bringing everything honestly to the Father, believing He hears.

Sometimes adults complicate what God intended to be simple — a loving Father listening to His child.

Children simply come.

The beautiful thing is that Jesus never seemed annoyed by humble, dependent, believing hearts. He welcomed them.

And perhaps one of the greatest spiritual maturities we can develop is not becoming more hardened, skeptical, prideful, or self-reliant…

…but becoming childlike enough to trust Him fully again, willing to surrender it all. 💎

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Action (5 Minutes with God)

Take 5 simple minutes to go to the Lord today. Ask Him:

• “Lord, what do You want me to know about this?”
  • Journal what He gives you by His Holy Spirit.
  Then ask, “What do You want me to do?”
  • Journal what He gives you – then do it!

Let today be a day of believing like a child who runs confidently toward a loving Father.

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Prayer

Lord, help me keep a humble and childlike heart before You. Remove the pride, fear, skepticism, overthinking, and self-reliance that sometimes make trusting You more complicated than it should be. Teach me to come to You openly, honestly, and believing. Help me trust Your voice, obey Your leading, and remain surrendered to Your will even when I do not fully understand everything. Let my faith remain soft, humble, teachable, and deeply dependent on You. Thank You for welcoming hearts that simply come to You believing. In Jesus’ mighty name I pray, amen.

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