Boat Builders

This Aneuk Jamee man is building a new fishing boat. It normally takes about three months to complete a new boat to the point of it being seaworthy. When fishermen go out on the sea in a boat this size they often journey several miles off the coast and are at sea all day seeking a catch. They are counting on the boat builders to have done their work well. In fact they are staking their lives on seaworthiness of the vessel every day.

Even the best built boat can encounter storms on the sea that result in catastrophe. Ultimately a boat is not a proper object of faith. People need a stronger foundation to build their lives upon. Unfortunately many people choose to place their faith in things as insubstantial and uncertain as a boat on the sea. They trust in prayers five times a day. They trust in fasting one month a year. They trust in giving to the poor. They hope that at the end of their lives that these good works will pay for all of their sins.

The Word of God says that all such hopes are ill founded and destined to destruction and great loss. There is only one object of faith that can securely anchor a man’s soul. That object is Jesus Christ. He alone lived a perfect life and died a substitutionary death so that all who believe in Him might not perish but receive eternal life.

Pray for the peoples of Sumatra to recognize that only Jesus can provide an unfailing foundation for saving faith.

Pray for followers of Jesus to be more confident and bold in proclaiming this Gospel of peace to the peoples who are perishing around them.

Pray that the evil one, who is blinding the eyes of the lost on Sumatra, will be bound so that the captives may be set free.