In our daily life, can we draw the line between what is ours and what belongs to God? Perhaps that is the problem. We draw lines when it comes to God. Either consciously or unconsciously, we distinguish between what is secular and what is spiritual. We even have areas of our life where we'd rather not have God.

In our first reading, Moses was speaking to a people who never stopped testing and questioning God from the moment He led them out of slavery in Egypt. Meanwhile, Jesus tells us today that we must be like little children if we want to enter the kingdom of Heaven. A little child has nothing - no status to cling on to, no rank to hold to and no possessions to keep. Children are "nobodies" but have only their parents. However, a little child means the world to its parents who love it deeply.

Both the readings today have a simple message for us. The things in our life that prevent us from becoming like a little child limit God in our life. Jesus made it clear that the choice is ours. He said, "Unless you change and become. . .". Moses gave the same choice to his people. He says that if they are with God, "The Lord himself will lead you; he will be with you; he will not fail you or desert you." The responsorial psalm ends this reflection beautifully and may it say the same of us, "The Lord alone is his guide, with him is no alien God".