When I think about many of the things happening with and around us today, I wonder sometimes what’s going on? How can it be that we can seem to be so far from where we should be. I started looking back at some of the things I’ve heard from the Lord, some of which I captured in messages like this one today.
One such message I did in 1997. Yes, it was that long ago. Back then I focused my messages on “Renewing Your Mind.” When I reviewed that message today, I asked the Lord what has happened to me – to us? Here is what I learned. Time doesn’t make all things better. Time often can be the thing that causes us to go astray.
Here is some of that old message and some of the new things I heard. “Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Psalm 119:105. I told the story of a small boy and his father. They were walking in the way. The father explained to the boy how he must be careful to hold onto the father’s hand for safety and to listen to the father as they made their way.
That was back then. Today, we have so many earthly homes without fathers and mothers that we would naturally think that we can live without earthly parents and even without our Heavenly Father. Back then we were taught we needed the steady hands of our parents to help us through life. Today we are influenced to believe we can do anything we put our minds to do.
Back then, the boy explained to the father, “I don’t need to hold your hands because I can follow your footsteps.” The father was pleased, but he explained that there would be times when the boy would not be able to see his footsteps. Holding hands helps us to understand the Father’s way, so we can follow Him in tough times when it’s difficult to see clearly.
Today, we are taught that holding the hands of an Almighty God shows how weak we are. We believe God made us to live and to make the best decisions for our lives on our own. We say we don’t need to see His footsteps as much as He needs to see ours. We are not looking for His way; we are looking for our way.
Back then my message was about “Seeing Your Way.” Do you really know where you are going? Do you really understand the path you are on?
Today my message is about “Seeing His Way.” Do you really see His footsteps? Do you really understand His path? And if you see and understand, do you really want to follow Him instead of yourself?
I am reminded today that we are just like that little boy in our relationship to Christ. The boy was willing to try to follow some footsteps rather than his father. But we should never settle for footsteps when we have the Person of the Living God we can follow.
Today we may think we know where Christ wants us to go; we may think we know the way He wants us to take, but life makes it hard to see our own footsteps, let alone the steps of anyone else. Sometimes our lives are so complicated that we cannot see our feet, nor can we see where we are going.
So today, lets take the hand of God’s Word and allow it to light up the path we take with our feet. We don’t need to wonder where we are going when we can see clearly through His Word where we are and where we are stepping. The Word lights up everything around our feet so that we step onto solid ground, and we walk in secure places.
His Word is also a light to our path. With it we can see what is before us; we can see what is ahead of us, and we can anticipate what is around us that is hidden from us now.
Today I believe we have gotten off the right path because we want to light our footsteps with our own words. I believe we are stepping into insecure places because we want to light our paths with our own lamps.
But back then and even today, the Word is True. We cannot see our feet, nor can we choose the right path when we do not have the word of God as our lamp.
PTL (Praise The Lord) today and learn to hold onto His hands and to listen to His instructions. You will need to do both to make sure you choose His hand to steady your life. You will need to do both to make sure you choose His path and not your own.
Back then we were more focused on seeing His way. Today we are focused on seeing our way. We need to get back to where we were then so we can clearly see the way He is leading us to go today.
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