Can we go see Him?

Scripture:

"Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."
— Matthew 18:3 (NIV)

This morning, while I sat quietly reading my Bible with a cup of coffee in hand, one of my two-year-old twins came toddling over and asked, “Mama, what are you doing?”

“I’m reading my Bible,” I told him. “The Bible teaches us about Jesus.”

Without missing a beat, he lit up. A grin spread across his whole face and he began bouncing excitedly — “Jesus! Jesus! Mama, can we go see Him?”

I felt it hit deep in my chest — a moment of pure, sacred conviction. His question wasn’t theological, rehearsed, or complicated. It was rooted in joy, trust, and belief. Jesus was real to him. Jesus was knowable to him. And he wanted to go see Him.

How often do we overcomplicate faith? How often do we let it become dull with duty, tangled in performance, or silenced by pain and doubt? But here was this tiny soul, just beginning to speak in full sentences, hungering for the presence of Jesus. No hesitation. No skepticism. Just wonder.

I thought about how Jesus told us to come to Him like little children — how He wrapped His arms around them and lifted their status above scholars and leaders in the Kingdom of Heaven. Children are open. They’re honest. They believe what they’re told when it comes from someone they trust.

And they ask simple, world-stopping questions like:
“Can we go see Him?”

This is The Quiet Work — the slow, faithful planting of seeds. Reading your Bible in the soft morning light. Saying Jesus’ name out loud in front of your children. Living your love for Him so openly that your toddler wants to jump up and follow.

Some days feel like they disappear in messes and chores and endless noise. But God is in those days. And our quiet work is not wasted.

He sees it. And sometimes, He lets us glimpse the harvest in the voice of a child.

Prayer:

Jesus, give me the faith of a child again. Strip away what complicates and clouds my trust in You. Help me do the quiet work faithfully — even when it feels unseen. And let me see You through the eyes of wonder again. Amen.