Jim's Devotional - October 30th

October 30th

Friends mean well when they say, “I have your back.” They usually have full intentions of doing so. However, as many have discovered, this is not always the case. Maybe something unforeseen happened, or maybe there was an accident. Any number of things could have hindered them from keeping their word. We will not get into strife over it.

God gave a promise through the prophet Isaiah about His faithfulness. Isaiah 52:12, “For you shall not go out with haste, Nor go by flight; For the LORD will go before you, And the God of Israel will be your rear guard.” He will never be hindered by any circumstance.

When the Holy Spirit leads us in a step of faith, God has our back. When the Holy Spirit walks us through life situations, God has our back. Most of us have this poem on our walls:

One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my Lord.

After the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints.

This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it.
"Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,
You'd walk with me all the way.
But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me."

He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trials and testing’s.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you."