Day 13                                                  To Little Children                                          1 John 2:12,13

12  I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

13  I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

         Back to the family.  We don’t want to ignore any of the members of the family.  All have a need and all have something that they can offer to the family.  The children seem to be takers rather than givers,  but they know the Lord and they desire Him.  They are given to great faith and often great feats because of their faith.  The Bible says,

Hebrews 11:6  But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

We also read,

Mark 10:15  Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

         Children come to Christ not in wisdom or strength, but in faith. John writes unto the little children because they know the Father.  It is a simple knowledge.  They do not know all about the Father.  They only know that He is good and that they can trust Him.  They are brought into the family through the new birth.  All of the members of the family have come to God the same way.  They have not journeyed down the road as far as the young men or the fathers, but they know that their sins are forgiven.

         In many ways we never want to stop being children.  We always want to have the same dependence upon the Father that we had when we were saved.  The problem with young men is that they can begin to trust in their own strength and seek their own wisdom before they turn to Christ for His help when they are in need.

         Fathers can trust in their past experiences and successes.  They look back on what they were able to accomplish.  The young children are a constant reminder of how we were saved and where we find our strength.