It’s a wonderful day to be a child of God. Have you ever felt as if you were walking through life alone? It appeared like no one was around to walk with you or care enough to notice you. Have you ever stumbled and fell but no one was there to help you get back up again? You desired to get up but you needed assistance. You cried out for help but no one took the time to acknowledge you. Have you ever been identified by your sin not your purpose? No matter how effective you have been for the Lord, when you make one mistake, the people remember that more than anything else you have done. You have admitted what you did wrong, but they refuse to accept it. Have you ever found yourself trying to explain why God’s blessing you to other people? Since God has bestowed His favor upon your life, now you spend your days apologizing to people who cannot understand why God is doing what He is doing. Have you ever felt to weak to walk and to tired to talk?
This morning, I have been commissioned to come and minister to you. The Lord spoke to me this morning in an unusual way. Instead of doing the devotional the same way this morning, He told me to send you the below poem by Mary Stevenson. My friend, just in case you have forgotten, it was the Lord who carried you through your storm. What are you going through today? What are you faced with this morning? What dilemma do you find yourself engaged in? Beloved, if He was God enough before, He Is Still God Enough Now!
Footprints in the Sand
One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord.
Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.
In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand.
Sometimes there were two sets of footprints,
other times there was one only.
This bothered me because I noticed that during the low periods of my life,
when I was suffering from anguish,
sorrow or defeat,
I could see only one set of footprints,
so I said to the Lord,
“You promised me Lord,
that if I followed you,
you would walk with me always.
But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my life
there has only been one set of footprints in the sand.
Why, when I needed you most, have you not been there for me?”
The Lord replied,
“The years when you have seen only one set of footprints,
my child, is when I carried you.”
Mary Stevenson
© 1984
May God Bless you at Your point of need!
Pastor Darrick D. McGhee, Sr.