GENTLE JESUS - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2026

Our Daily Bread - Tuesday, September 14, 2016
by RBC Ministries

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GENTLE JESUS

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And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
-Matthew 18:3

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Charles Wesley (1707-1788) was a Methodist evangelist who wrote more than 9,000 hymns and sacred poems. Some, like "O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing," are great, soaring hymns of praise. But his poem "Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild," first published in 1742, is a child's quiet prayer that captures the essen ce of how all of us should seek the Lord in sincere, simple faith.
Loving Jesus, gentle Lamb,
In Thy Gracious hands I am;
Make me, Saviour, what Thou art,
Live Thyself within my heart.
When some followers of Jesus were jockeying for position in His kingdom, the Lord "called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, â€˜Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven' " (Matthew 18:2-3).
Not many children seek position or power. Instead, they want acceptance and security. They cling to the adults who love and care for them. Jesus never turned children away.
The last stanza of Wesley's poem shows a childlike desire to be just like Jesus: "I shall then show forth Thy praise/Serve Thee all my happy days; / Then the world shall always see / Christ, the Holy Child, in me." - David McCasland
Father, give me the faith of a little child. I want to know Your love and care, and to rest in Your embrace. Grant my desire to be like You in all my ways that I might live for Your honour.

Faith shines brightest in a childlike heart.

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