Deuteronomy 31:1-8 / Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14
We may at times wonder about what others think of us.
If we are curious and anxious enough to know, then we may resort to feedback.
But we won’t normally do that, because it can be rather embarrassing to ask people about their opinions on ourselves.
Nonetheless, we would be interested to know what others think about us.
But, a more important question to ask is what does God think about us?
And here, we are reminded again that the thoughts of God are not the thoughts of man.
How God see a person is also not how others see that person.
In the gospel, Jesus holds a child before His disciples and tells them that unless they change and become like little children, they will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
So, the one who makes himself as little as a little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
In the 1st reading, we see a glimpse of the greatness of Moses, as he accepted what the Lord God told him, that he would not cross the Jordan into the Promised Land.
We also see the greatness of Joshua as he humbly accepted the role of being the successor of Moses.
Their greatness was to let the Lord God lead them.
In that sense, they were like little children following and trusting their father.
When we do likewise, then we will realise that to be great is to be humble and little.