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away from the Lord. He translates this as “infant of days”. A
mother gave Jesus an infant of days.

Just before I came to this conference, the Lord gave me my fourth
great grandchild. I haven’t seen him yet. He’s an infant of days.
That’s the child that Jesus had. They are too young to have a
disposition. They are too young to have faith. They are too young
to be humble. They are too young to be naïve. They are too young
to behave. When Jesus said that we must be like children, He wasn’t
talking about a disposition. He was talking about a condition, a
condition of a newborn babe and its helplessness; total dependence.
The indispensable condition of redemptive living is helpless
dependence. Do you see that powerful illustration?

On one side you have the disciples asking, “How can we be great?”
On the other side you have an infant of days; helpless dependence.
That’s the indispensable condition. What is the indispensable
disposition that we must have? Now I’d like to share what that is.

I think it would be helpful if we used a Bible illustration. I’d like to
take that illustration from the Song of Solomon. If you study the
Song of Solomon it’s the testimony of the bride. She does all the
talking. In fact, she can’t shut up. When you read the book, she
does the talking but He wrote the song. Husbands, we will write the
song that our wives will sing.

In the Song of Solomon at the beginning, this woman felt very low.
She kept cutting herself down. She looked at her husband and said,
“He’s so wonderful that I don’t deserve him.” She’s working hard
to gain His approval. She tries to make herself attractive. Then the
groom says Song 4:12-15, “A garden locked is my sister, my bride,
a rock garden locked, a spring sealed up. Your shoots are an orchard
of pomegranates with choice fruits, henna with nard plants, nard and
saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all the trees of frankincense,
myrrh and aloes, along with all the finest spices. You are a garden
spring. A well of fresh water, and streams flowing from Lebanon.”