Message from Scripture: 3/5/2021

Our message from Scripture today is Col. 2:6. “As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him.”

The White Sands National Park in New Mexico is well known for its history. During the ice age, a giant body of water called Lake Otero existed. The climate was wetter, and the vegetation was abundant. This paradise of lush green life naturally captured the attention of the larger animals of the ice age. Plant eaters of all kinds came to Lake Otero to feast on the grasses and trees. Throughout the ice age, these animals left their footprints along the wetlands of Lake Otero.

Today. scattered along the now dried lakebed are trackways and trample grounds of ancient camels and Columbian Mammoths. These fossilized footprints appear to gather around what may be ancient pools of water. It sounds a lot like Longfellow’s poem: “Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time.”

This poem reminds me of what the psalmist said in Psa. 119:133, “Establish my footsteps in Your word, and do not let any iniquity have dominion over me.” Even before the coming of our Lord, the value of keeping in step with God through His word had eternal importance. Peter wrote, “For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps” (1 Pet. 2:21).

Every day we live, we leave footprints in the sands of time, for those who follow to see where we’ve been, how we lived, and what was important to us. God see these tracks as well. Do they walk by His side? Do they lead to heaven? You still have time to make course corrections. Jesus leads us in His steps where we want to go, and who knows what influence that may have in times to come? Think and live eternally. God bless.

Robert