The Footprints of Jesus

In many times throughout my life, I've often wondered where God was in my preoccupations, both in great times and in tougher times. Just recently, I experienced a trying time at my workplace, having been told that I have done something that caused my management to lose some trust in me. It had something to do with my interactions with the individuals I work for. If you're curious about the details click here to read an entry on my new blog page. Basically, I struggled with pain and hurt and felt hopeless because of things in my past that are creeping in to my work. I felt that I was hopeless not to change and I felt as though my pride was a big issue that could play a part in keeping me from making reconciliation.
In my struggle in this situation, I came to the Lord the other day and asked him to cleanse my heart of the pride that still thrives within me. I told the Lord that I wanted to do things according to His will, and not by my own will. When I did this a phenomonal image entered my mind. This image is a familiar image that I've seen over and over again, and have experienced in real life many times before. This image was of big footprints left in the snow that I were stepping into, in order to keep on the preexisting path. In the image, I was a child, walking in the footsteps of my father, not able to cover the prints with my feet and barely able to step into each step as my father's stance was larger than my own. As the image lasted a thought also came to me. What if the footprints ahead of me stopped suddently, that means I would make my own path once after stepping out of the prints my father had made. I would set my own destination and I would have to walk in the deep snow in order to do it.
The meaning of all this for was that while walking in the footprints of Jesus as His child, if I long to walk according to His path for me, I need to walk in the existing prints He leaves for me and not be impatient by creating a path I think He might want me to go out on. That was a great reminder for me to be patient and wait for the steps God wants me to take. How good God is and how wise He is in making me wait. The Lord does not want me to tread in the deep snow on my own to get stuck or to fill my snowboots. Instead, He wants us to take steps inside the prints He leaves for us because we are His small children and He is our big daddy.