SKELETON COAST
There is a place in Namibia called Skeleton Coast. When we think of a skeleton, we think of something eerie. We think of death. When we say the word graveyard, we associate the word with death. Skelton Coast is a place of death. It the graveyard for hundreds of ships. The reason for all these shipwrecks is a combination of the Atlantic’s cold current colliding with the warm dry air of the Namib Desert. This results in a cold dense fog that extends out into the sea. The sea currents and the wind combined cause a force that pushes ships and anything else toward the 976 miles of the Skelton Coast. Through the years, hundreds of ships and many lives have been lost on this Coast. In 1907, the Edward Bohlen was shipwrecked. It is now 1640 feet from the coast line as the desert has encroached on the sea. There are hundreds of stories as well as hundreds of shipwrecks. If the ocean doesn’t get you, then the desert most likely will.
Just as there are shipwrecks at sea, there are shipwrecks spiritually. Through the years, there have been those who thought that they were immune to spiritual shipwreck. But that is a lie of the Devil. No one is immune! Do you think that those who have shipwrecked spiritually said: “I think I’ll get out of the will of God, throw away my testimony and my influence.” I do not know of any Christian who would say such a thing. Yet, there are spiritually shipwrecked people. Some have loved the world and lost their testimony as is seen in 2Timothy 4:10: “For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica…” To avoid shipwreck, we must stay the course and not put away our conscience. “Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck…” 1 Timothy 1:19. It is my desire to be a good seafarer and sail the sea of life faith that I may say with Paul: “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith…” –Cecil Fayard
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
