You are probably familiar with the poem, Footprints in the Sand. It is the story of a person walking on the sand, noticing the footprints left behind. The walk on the sand, of course, represents that person's life’s journey. And most of the time, there are two sets of footprints, the authors, and the Lord’s. But she notices that in the most difficult times of his life there are only one set of footprints. And she did what every one of us has done - she assumed God left!
In the poem, she asked God about this, and the Lord told him there was only one set of footprints because the Lord was carrying her then. The Lord hadn’t left!
On occasion I speak to people who once were close to the Lord, but they aren’t any more. In nearly every case, they assume the Lord had left. Something happened in their life and they couldn’t sense the Lord’s presence, and they thought that the Lord had left.
God doesn’t leave us. The Apostle Paul tells us that nothing can separate us from the love of God. He lists a litany of things that cannot separate us from the love of God. God will not stop loving you!
Don’t assume that God has left because you don’t sense his presence any more. Instead, consider the possibility that perhaps you have strayed. Perhaps you aren’t as close. Perhaps you are the one that needs to move back. Or maybe, that's when the Lord is carrying you!
In the poem, she asked God about this, and the Lord told him there was only one set of footprints because the Lord was carrying her then. The Lord hadn’t left!
On occasion I speak to people who once were close to the Lord, but they aren’t any more. In nearly every case, they assume the Lord had left. Something happened in their life and they couldn’t sense the Lord’s presence, and they thought that the Lord had left.
God doesn’t leave us. The Apostle Paul tells us that nothing can separate us from the love of God. He lists a litany of things that cannot separate us from the love of God. God will not stop loving you!
Don’t assume that God has left because you don’t sense his presence any more. Instead, consider the possibility that perhaps you have strayed. Perhaps you aren’t as close. Perhaps you are the one that needs to move back. Or maybe, that's when the Lord is carrying you!
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