THESE children are playing in the sand. How happy and free from care they look. They can mould the sand into any shape and many pleasant hours are spent here. How delighted the baby is with what brother and sister make for its amusement. The little one is much pleased to break down the little castle made near the flower-pot. How easily broken it is! There is no foundation. Long ago in the days when castles were built, a rock was chosen for a strong fortress. So it is now, a good builder would not build a house on the sand.
The sand may be used for play houses, but a house to live in must have a good foundation. Now, children, this world is just like shifting sand. Nothing is stable and can be depended upon. Riches can take wings and fly away in a night. So there is no good foundation to be found except on the Rock. That rock is Jesus. He is a shelter in the time of storm. Neither is there salvation in any other.
Dear child, build on that Rock at once, while it is yet the day of grace.
Oh, build upon the Rock,
The only sure foundation,
On Christ alone, the Cornerstone,
The Rock of our salvation.
“O COME, LET US SING UNTO THE LORD; LET US MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE TO THE ROCK OF OUR SALVATION.” Ps. 95:1.
ML 06/27/1909