These children are playing in the sand, happy and free from care. They can mold the sand into any shape, and many pleasant hours are spent here.
How delighted baby is with what brother and sister make for his amusement. Soon he will break down the little castle being made near the flower pots. Having no foundation, its sandy structure will fall easily.
Long ago when castles were built, a rock was chosen for the foundation. So it is now, a good builder would not construct a house on the sand. Sand may be used for play houses, but a house to live in must have a good foundation.
This world is just like shifting sand. Riches can take wings and fly away in a night; and nothing is stable. So there is no good foundation to be found except the Rock. The Rock is Jesus; He is the 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.
O, build upon the Rock,
The only sure foundation,
On Christ alone, the Cornerstone,
The Rock of our salvation.
“It fell not; for it was founded upon a rock.” Matt 7:25.
ML-09/15/1935