Sailing Ships   

When sailing ships leave port to embark on a journey, sailors must determine three things, according to the late C.S. Lewis.* These three things are ALSO crucial factors in determining how WE live our lives:

Sailors must know... how to keep from bumping into one another on long voyages. This is a question of "social ethics." In other words, how do we get along with one another on this journey called life? 
Sailors must know... how to maintain the individual ships to ensure that they remain seaworthy. This is "personal ethics," and it deals with the individual's vices and virtues - with character. And finally...
Sailors must know... where the ships are going! What is their mission and their destination? This last question is the crucial one for us. What is the purpose of human life? Why are we here?

The Bible reveals not only the IDENTITY of our Creator but also the PURPOSE for our existence:  “There is ONE GOD, the Father, of whom are all things, and WE FOR HIM; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live” 
(1 Corinthians 8:6).

ALL things are "FROM"  God  and "FOR"  God!  We were created BY Him - FOR Him!  The purpose of OUR existence is to live for, to glorify, to worship -- God.  In order to find life’s TRUE meaning AND to reach our intended destination, we must realize the TRUE purpose of life.

It is the will of God... that each of us live our lives for Him, trusting and obeying Him as our life’s purpose.  Through His Son, Jesus, God has provided the needed instruction and the means of setting our course in the right direction.  This course is one of faith (Hebrews 11:6), repentance from sin (Acts 17:30-31), confession of faith (Romans 10:9-10), baptism for the forgiveness of our sins (Acts 2:38), AND a life of faithfulness in following HIS course (Revelation 2:10).

Your ship has already sailed!  Are YOU following the right course?

God bless you.

David A. Sargent, Minister

Church of Christ at Creekwood 
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama  36695  

* Ed Young

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