Wisdom Beyond Years Lessons from Out of the Mouth of Babes

As I was pondering in my heart what the next message would be, the Holy Spirit gave me this to write.

During a senior Christmas party a couple of days ago, a lady was sitting next to me and a conversation struck up with her telling me a couple of things that children said to Santa Claus:

1)     Santa asked a child this: “What is your name?” The child answered: “I thought you knew my name!”

This reminds me of the song

“Santa Claus” is coming to Town” –

You better watch out, You better not cry, You better not pout, I’m telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town. He’s making a list, Checking it twice, Gonna find out who’s naughty or nice. Santa Claus is coming to town. He sees you when you’re sleeping, He knows when you’re awake, He knows if you’ve been bad or good, So be good for goodness sake.

In essence, I believe the child actually heard this song and it was embedded in his mind. Because of the words in the song, the child thought that Santa knew everything! Only God knows everything; so, you’d better watch out and be aware of the devil’s limitations. This song is totally a contradiction to the Word of God.

2)      Another child asked Santa if he would heal his mother. This was an opportunity to tell the lady that all healings come from Jesus (Isaiah 53:5, 1 Peter 2:24).

AI Overview: Out of the mouth of babes (or “babes and sucklings”) is a saying meaning, children often speak profound truths, wisdom, or praise unexpectedly surprising adults with their insight, stemming from biblical passages in Psalm 8:2 and Matthew 21:16 where God ordains strength or praise from the young ones to silence the enemy.

Back to Betty

1)     Who is the enemy? Read the Word! How could Santa Claus answer the child about not knowing its name?

2)     What kind of answer could Santa give a child who wanted him to heal his mother? Would he tell the child a lie like Satan told Eve (Genesis 3:1-7).

What could be even worse, if you’re a Christian and allow your child to believe in Santa Claus and the find out later that you lied to them, what are they going to think of you? How do thinks God feels?

Please do not consider this to be innocent, whoever does this is equaling Satan with God! That’s like playing with FIRE!

His handmaiden, Betty A. Burnett ~ burnettministries.org