3 Sermon Illustrations on Purpose Of God

Some time ago, half a dozen young men, dressed in green, were shooting at a target with bows and arrows, when the arrows of one of them invariably struck the earth, on account of his aiming too low. "Aim higher," cried out one of his companions. "Aim higher, for your arrow-head is always pointed to the ground. He that aims at a barn-door will never hit the weather-cock on the church-spire."

A father, giving advice to his son, said, "Let your objects be high and holy, and then the High and Holy One will give you strength and grace to attain them." "What would you advise me to aim at?" asked a young man of a Christian friend. "At riches and honors," replied his friend, "if you mean to be satisfied with earth; but at Christian graces if you have any desire ever to enter heaven."

That you may find success, let me tell you how to proceed. Tonight begin your great plan of life. You have but one life to live; and it is most important that you do not make a mistake. To-night begin carefully. Fix your eye on the fortieth year of your age, and then say to yourself, "At the age of forty, I will be an industrious man, a benevolent man, a well-read man, a religious man, and a useful man. I resolve; and I will stand to it." My young friends, pray to God that this resolution may stand like the oak, which cannot be wind-shaken. C. Brooks.