My Footprints is His Footprints in the Sand - Laetitia Zeeman

I was walking along the beach talking to God this morning.  Afterwards we swam in the sea, and when I walked out of the water to sun bathe till dry, I saw only one set of footprints in the sand.

Remember the poem “Footprints in the Sand”?

Well, I don't agree with it.  

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, 1936

Source:  Footprints in the Sand

It’s been quite a while that this poem simply bothers me, because it’s simply not the truth and misrepresents God.   

When I look back at my life, I always saw just one set of footprints.  Why?  Not even once did I ever ask God if He left me, because He was always in me and I am in Him.  Not even once, were there EVER two sets of footprints in the sand.

Living within you is the Christ who floods you with the expectation of glory! This mystery of Christ, embedded within us, becomes a heavenly treasure chest of hope filled with the riches of glory for his people, and God wants everyone to know it!  

(Colossians 2:27-29 – The Passion Translation).

My old identity has been co-crucified with Christ and no longer lives.  The essence of this new life is no longer mine, for the Anointed One lives through me – we live in union as one!  My new life is empowered by the faith of the Son of God who loves me so much that he gave himself for me, and dispenses his life into mine!   

(Galatians 2:20 – The Passion Translation).

You are God’s dream in the flesh and maybe, when you get the revelation that He is actually in you, you will make much wiser decisions concerning not only your spirit, but also concerning your soul and your body.  

What do you feed your spirit, soul and body?  Whatever you take in, you become.

“Therefor if any person is (engrafted in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old (previous moral and spiritual condition) has passed away.  Behold the fresh and new has come!”  

(2 Cor 5:17 – Amplified).

Engrafted is like becoming one. 

Christ’s resurrection is your resurrection too.  This is why we are to yearn for all that is above, for that’s where Christ sits enthroned at the place of all power, honor, and authority! Yes, feast on all the treasures of the heavenly realm and fill your thoughts with heavenly realities, and not with the distractions of the natural realm.

You are not a human being having a spiritual experience.

You are a spiritual being having a humanly experience.

Jesus is not in your heart.

Christ fills your whole body. You represent Him on earth.  You manifest Him on earth.

“Your crucifixion with Christ has severed the tie to this life, and now your true life is hidden away in God in Christ.  And as Christ himself is seen for who he really is, who you really are will also be revealed, for you are now one with him in his glory!”  

(Colossians 3 The Passion Translation).

 “So when that day comes, you will know that I am living in the Father and that you are one with me, for I will be living in you”.  (John 14:20 – The Passion Translation).

“Jesus replied, “Loving me empowers you to obey my word. And my Father will love you so deeply that we will come to you and make you our dwelling place”.   

(John 14:23 – The Passion Translation).

“Don’t you realize that together you have become God’s inner sanctuary and that the Spirit of God makes his permanent home in you?”  

(1 Corinthians 3:16  The Passion Translation).

“He rebuked them, saying, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Father’s house is to be filled with prayer – a house of prayer, not a cave of bandits!”  

(Luke 19:46 The Passion Translation).

Jesus was not talking about the temple (as a building).  He was talking about His body, your body.

You are in Him and He is in you … therefor there will always be just one set of footprints in the sand.

Laetitia Zeeman