Our steps always end up going the wrong direction, no matter how hard we try…
Because “the way of man is not in himself.”*
Our only security is to follow the footsteps of Him who has gone before.
Embedded for centuries they stand unsullied, undamaged. They are engraved on a path strewn with rocks, sprinkled with blood and hedged about by thorns. Yet to the one who will closely examine the narrow track, they are there—ready to feel the tread of yet another soldier plant their feet firmly in their impress.
They will endure forever—a testimony to the One who has gone before…
*{Jeremiah 10:23}
As the shepherd goes before his sheep, himself first encountering the perils of the way, so does Jesus with His people. “When He putteth forth His own sheep, He goeth before them.” The way to heaven is consecrated by the Saviour’s footprints. The path may be steep and rugged, but Jesus has traveled that way; His feet have pressed down the cruel thorns, to make the pathway easier for us. Every burden that we are called to bear He Himself has borne. DA 480
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, Laurel…
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ReplyDeleteIt makes me think of Christian's four boys "coveting to tread in his steps." What a beautiful word picture, Gles. I hadn't thought of it that way before. And I like the DA quote, Laurel. It fits perfectly this the thought.
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