Sandcastles Hebrews 11

Sandcastles

Good Morning

Stand with me and lift your bible and repeat after me.

This is my Bible.

I am what it says I am.

I can do what it says I can do.

I am going to learn how to be what it says I can be.

Today I will learn more of the word of God.

The indestructible, never ending, living word Of God.

I will never be the same.

I will never be the same.

In Jesus Name

Amen?

Before you sit down, say good morning to your brothers and sisters.

Sandcastles

Have you ever made a sandcastle on the beach near the ocean?

How hard was it to make?

Did you learn by doing it or did someone show you how?

Turn with me to Hebrews Chapter 11 and say, “Amen” when you are there.

Read verse 11 with me.

“For He was looking forward to the city that has foundations whose architect and builder is God.”

When we build our castles at the beach of the sand that is everywhere, it may look really good.

The finished product has a tower or two and a wall for protection all the way around. It may also have a bridge that we built out of the wet sand to go around the moat that surrounds it. The moat is for protection from invaders that may want to take over our castle.

No matter how ornate or creative we may build our castle, it is only built of sand.

Such is true about our walk on our journey here in the world we live in.

We can build our life out of sand or something stronger.

It may be things we wear, or drive, or acquire, but many of those things are like sand.

They wear down and fall apart.

Some of them may seem like they last forever.

The one thing that we can get and build upon is our faith.

You and I either have faith or not.

It is our choice.

We may have faith in what we hope for in life, but when it comes down to it, faith in things just does not seem to work most of the time.

The things may become the most important part of our lives, but are they what we really want deep down inside us?

Overall, there is one thing that I know of that is a great thing.

It is something that I value way more than any sandcastle that I have built.

It is the hope and security that I have found in my relationship with God through His son, Jesus Christ.

I read something recently that I want to share with you. I do not know the who the writer was but let me read it to you.

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to be able to make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”

You make think that the writer and I mean that you are not to be happy.

That is not it.

It is to strive to be of a purpose and you will live a good life.

You have a couple of choices on how to do this.

Your first choice is to do it your way.

Make plans, set goals, and try to achieve the life you want.

Buy the latest fashionable clothes, jewelry, cars, I Phones, houses, and tattoos, etc.

We can go on and on and on.

Go on the vacations.

Have a bunch of friends on Facebook and Twitter.

Or you can take a breather.

Stop.

Pray and listen to what God would like you to do.

How is our faith walk?

Let us go to the book of Hebrews Chapter 11 and say, “Amen” when you are there.

Let’s read the first verse.

Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen.”

I met a man not long ago who had a large company that built houses and was very comfortable in life.

The thing that was bothering him about life was that something was missing. He had a desire to help people.

A few years back, he went on a mission trip to the Sudan. He saw what people went through to get water.

The children ranging in age from 8 to 14 years old would get up early in the morning and get a large container and leave the village.

Late in the afternoon they would return with the container full of water.

They walked three hours one way to get water and then walked back.

He saw what he wanted to do. Help.

That man came home, sold his company and now serves in different parts of Central and South Africa helping people to be able to have clean, safe, water to drink.