The present text suggests what was intended in the divine directive that we become as little children, namely that we be “submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon [us], even as a child doth submit to his father.”
It is a complete trust in God that this expression describes, a total acknowledgment of the wisdom of the Omniscient One. It is an absolute acknowledgment that salvation is to be had only on the Lord’s terms. Our unconditional surrender to the mind and will of God restores to us that simplicity and faith and unwavering confidence otherwise known only to little children.