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Bible Passage: Matthew 7:24-27
In case you missed it, Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple died at age 56 last Wednesday. A few hours after I heard news of his death, I listened to a song called “Castles Made of Sand,” by Jimi Hendrix. I combined the news and the song and came up with what I’m writing now.
In the Jimi Hendrix song, the first verse speaks about a relationship between a man and a woman. The verse ends with the man saying, “Oh girl, what happened to the sweet love you and me had?” Looks like he was putting too much faith in love. The second verse talks about a little Indian boy who loves playing war games in the woods with his Indian friends. He dreams of becoming an Indian chief one day. Many moons pass and the night before he sings his first war song, a surprise attack kills him in his sleep. We may say he was putting his faith in strength and power. Each of these verses end with the refrain, “Castles made of sand, fall in the sea, eventually.”
After hearing the song, I thought of the innovative genius that was Steve Jobs. He is dead, so we may place the emphasis on WAS. Although his genius will have indefinite positive effects on technology, his vision and innovation will no longer be there for iPod, iPad and iPhone enthusiasts. No one knows if multi-billionaire Steve Jobs put his faith into his own genius or into God. He was a very private man. But what about us? Do we put our faith into earthly things which could be interpreted as building our castles in the sand? Or are we building our castles or our homes on the Rock… on Jesus?
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