Drawing In The Sand

Adam was given a mind like no one can imagine. He named every beast, bird, fish, tree, and plant. He even named all the insects. God had total faith and trust in Adam's decisions. We discover after sin entered into the Garden, Adam even named his wife Eve. God only gave Adam one restriction that he was not to do:

Genesis 2:16-17

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

Adam crossed the line with God and lost it all.

Another man that crossed the line was King Saul. He was not a priest, and therefore was not to offer sacrifices before the Lord. But he began to get high and lifted up in self. He began to believe anything he did was acceptable before God. How like many big Christians today. Because the people lift them up, they believe they are acceptable in God's sight.

1 Samuel 13:10-14

10 As soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came. And Saul went out to meet him and greet him. 11 Samuel said, “What have you done?” And Saul said, “When I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines had mustered at Michmash, 12 I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the Lord. ’ So I forced myself, and offered the burnt offering.” 13 And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you. For then the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. 14 But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

When Samuel came, he asked Saul what he had done. Saul began to make excuses. First, it was Samuel's fault because he had not come within the appointed time. Then it was the people's fault because some had left Saul. Then it was the Philistines fault because they had amassed themselves to regain what Jonathan had taken from them. The sure sign of weakness is when a leader will not take responsibility for his actions, and the actions of his people.

Saul crossed the line and lost his Kingdom

God doesn't accept that we cross the lines that he establishes. I could be here all day showing you Biblical examples of people that lost Kingdoms, Wealth, and even their own life because of ignoring the simple principle that are lines that cannot be crossed. Yes we have a forgiving God but let us be very careful of what we do and say so we don't waste our God given opportunities. Many times we don't understand that we crossed the line and if we start giving excuses and do not repent we have everything to loose.

3. Writing in the Sand

When I was dating my wife we used to go for a walk on the beach and one of the things I enjoyed doing was writing a short love letter in the sand. Only her could read it since the ocean waves would quickly wash away the sentences. Why would you write in sand? Because you are doing a temporary visual statement. There is no hopes of keeping the writing in sand but on the memory of those who read it.