The main part of church isn't the sermon, it is the highlight of meeting and spending time with the Father. We get in trouble when we worry about the wrong things because God's plan is much more robust than our small vision. Do we really want to know our purpose? We ask God what He wants us to do, but when we don't like what He says, we keep looking. In Ephesians 1:7-14, God shows us our purpose. We must fully understand what He did for us to understand our purpose and know we can never repay it, but accept the freedom He gives. We should grow in wisdom and understanding because He gives it to us. A crucial part of understanding our purpose is living inside God's plan. His plan works through the local church - through our involvement and releasing ourselves to His plan. God works it all out according to His purpose, not when we do what we want and assume He will work it out. He is available to all, but we must choose to believe. He leaves the Holy Spirit inside of us as an inheritance and redeems us to His glory. Our purpose begins in Mark 16:15-16 - to go into the world and preach the Gospel. To see results, we must do what He instructs us to do. Matthew 16:25 reminds us we have to be willing to give up our lives for God's Will. Sandbox is about Acts 2:42-47: we live this out with God's help. Our purpose is wrapped up in our local church and we make time in our lives for our church family, reorienting our lives to live out that purpose.

Amen!