Return to Simplicity

There’s a difference between being childish and being childlike. One hides from truth; the other stands open before it. When Jesus said we must come like children, He wasn’t asking us to regress into immaturity — He was pointing toward a state of consciousness that is uncomplicated on the inside.

To come like a child is to live without the inner tug‑of‑war that divides trust and fear. It’s to have a heart that doesn’t need armor, a self that doesn’t perform, and a spirit that doesn’t negotiate with truth. A child doesn’t over‑explain or strategize; they simply turn toward the one they trust. That turning — pure, direct, unguarded — is the essence of singleminded faith.

When you pray, “Give me the singleminded trust and confidence in You that I once had as a child,” you’re asking to be restored to the part of yourself that hasn’t been fractured by experience. The part that still knows how to trust without bargaining, that recognizes the Divine without resistance. It’s a return to your original orientation — the posture of the soul before life taught it to doubt, defend, or divide itself.

Esoterically, to be childlike is to be whole again. It’s the quiet clarity of a unified heart, the inner yes that doesn’t waver, the trust that isn’t negotiated with fear. It’s not smallness — it’s simplicity. Not weakness — but the strength of a soul that has remembered how to be at peace with itself and with God.