A Child's Understanding

     I have often asked God why can I not do this or that. I point out to God that our society and most of the people today practice certain sins and I asked why do you keep us, today Christians restricted. Why not give us a little bit more freedom. I then remembered why we are called children of God. He is our Father and does not a father or mother sometimes say no to their children, especially those who are about to hurt themselves.
     A small child does not sometimes understand the action of their parent when they say no. The child will cry and scream because it cannot get it's way. It believes the parent is being mean. However the child does not understand the parent is protecting him from harm or teaching him the right way to behave. The parent's action may appear to the child as cruel and restrictive but in reality those actions are beneficial and life sustaining. The parent is showing love to the child not cruelty. In a like manner our heavenly Father is saying no to us out of his love for us. He wants us also to live and not to die. His word said that the wages of sin is death and not life.
     Our Father wants us to know that sin equals death. He wants us to love him not to hate him when he saids no to us. Even if he did give us an explanation and told us exactly why, would we being his small children understand? Would a small child of ours understand if we were to carefully explain our actions? It depends on the age of the child or his maturity. If the child is to young then he will not understand why the parent is saying no. How are we to understand our God whose age, knowledge and wisdom is limitless. It also depends upon our maturity, our spiritual maturity.
     Many of us, me included still do not understand all the ways of God. Sometimes we just have to believe by faith and not by understanding alone. Even if we still cry and scream for not getting our way we need to still remember our Father's love for us. He wants us to healthy and happy. He is our creator and he knows what is best for us. Even if I do not always understand him I will always show honor and respect to him. We need to be patience with him as he is with us, for the day of our maturity will come and so will our understanding.