GET RID OF THE SAND!

"Catch for us the foxes,the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom". Song of Songs 2:15. Little Foxes- Humm. My friend it is not often that some large evil overcomes us; rather it is the little things that throw us off balance and rob us of the tender love and presence of Christ in our hearts each day. Isn't it? I still remember in the early eighties a man walked all the way from west coast to east coast, a distance more than three thousand miles for raising funds for the charity he represented. Upon arrival, news reporters asked him "What was the hardest part of his trip". Was it climbing rocky mountain or walking through the hot desert of death valley or crossing swollen rivers or avoiding heavy traffic in the big cities or lack of sufficient cold water or food? He answered "no" to all these questions. What was it? They asked. Finally he replied "it was the sand in my shoes". Brother, do you have sand in your shoes? The greatest weakness in our life is the tendency to become discouraged over trifles. In the Bible, many of God's mightiest men have wrestled with a similar weaknesses but have overcome it through the constant use of their faith in the Lord and their honest worship. Jesus said " If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there and it will move". Nothing will be impossible for you" .Matthew 17:20. If faith as a grain of mustard seed can move mountains, it certainly can move a few grain of sand out of our shoes- won't it? Don't say it's not a big deal. Get rid of the sands- get get get rid of the sands, Y'all hear me? Yeah, Yeah.