Footprints In The Sand - What It Means

 

What is the parable of footprints in the sand?

It tells us the story of a set of footprints in the sand ... it started with two ... and then later... it became one. And why is that?

At times of trials and tribulations ... of hopelessness and despair ... when everything seemed abysmal and pointless ... you will see only one footprint.  That was the time God was carrying you ... so those footprints you see are HIS.  So don't you ever think that God has abandoned you? You were not ALONE for crying out loud. God was with you the whole time.

Many people question why God allows us to suffer, and they don't feel His presence in their difficult and trying times. Many of them try to search for answers "Natutulog ba ang Diyos ... was a common complaint.   Does He intend to play deaf to what we implore or plead ... and has He turned blind to what we beseech for?

Some had already met dead-ends at their prayer deadlines ... and they felt their petitions and supplications seemed futile and inutile. When the storm rages ... their faith fails ... and their patience nose dives to the lowest depths.

Here's the good news! The one set of footprints in the sand, instead of two meant ... that God had not raised the white flag of defeat to you and your situation. The fact of the matter was ... He was hand-carrying you full-time and has not deserted and forsaken you.

So when the going gets tough ... God has kept everything going in your direction.  Pray more ... have more faith ... and be patient because the end of your problem will happen in God's clockwork... or in God's perfect time.

God's perfect timing does two things: It grows our faith as we are forced to wait and trust in God ... and it makes certain that He, and He alone gets the glory and praise for pulling us through.

"My times are in Your hands ..." Psalm 31:15. At the right time, God will provide your need.