God
Illustration★★★★“You are little children sitting on the curbstone hunting in the gutter for things,” George MacDonald told men of his day. “Behind you is a King’s palace, finer than Buckingham. In it your Father sits. But you won’t listen. You won’t even turn around to look. You just keep on hunting in the gutter for things, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s rotten vegetables or pennies or shillings you find there. They can’t make you happy without your Father.”
The point
People waste time hunting worldly trinkets and ignore the King's palace and Father's love available behind them.
Scripture
Psalm 27:8
Audience
Adults
Tone
Convicting · Compassionate
To tell aloud
under a minute · 79 words