Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Footprints in the sand

I have been studying anxiety and this morning thought about the poem "Footprints In the Sand." I'm reading "You Can Win Over Worry And Depression" by Lehman Strauss. He wrote, "The person who is worrying is not trusting, and the person who is trusting is not worrying." I have a major trust issue. Worrying is actually a sin. It is a lack of faith.

So I asked forgiveness for it because I pray for many people and do not want to grieve the Holy Spirit.

As I was thinking about trusting Jesus I reminded myself of ALL the times I would fearlessly go to different places knowing that He would have it all worked out beforehand. He went before me. I simply had to follow. Which brought me to the footprints.

Jesus didn't ever say walk beside me. He said to FOLLOW Him. I thought of all the times the Israelites went into battle and the LORD God went BEFORE them. I thought of when soldiers and Marines are on patrol walking through a street that may contain an IED. They carefully step into the footprints of the man in front of them.

THAT is following. I want Jesus to be in front of me. I want to follow His ways and do things as He did. I want to step into each of His footprints so that you couldn't tell it was me, but you could only see His way. It is when I disobey that there are two sets of prints, some even heading backward! The way is narrow, so if you don't want to fall off the cliff, better step in the prints of the guide so you don't slip.