Fifty years ago on July 20, 1969, the world watched as Neil Armstrong dismounted from the Lunar module and placed the first human footprints on the surface of the moon. As he placed his foot upon the moon, he famously said he was taking “a small step for man”. How true was his statement! All of our steps, from the day we take our first one, are small. But put together, they manage to take us from one place to another along an epic journey. The important thing is not the size of our steps, but their direction and purpose.
If you have not already done so, I invite you to listen to the sermon “Small Steps”. The direction and purpose of our steps are determined by the desires of our hearts. The Psalmist asked the Lord to “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts. And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting”.
There is something very profound in his request. The thoughts originating from within his heart are what needs God’s attention. He realizes that these thoughts are what causes him to go the way he goes. He asks that his intentions be examined so that he may be led into the way everlasting. Everyday we are leaving footprints from the places our hearts have taken us and where they are leading us. People have desires that are leaving footprints in many different places. Just think of the countless steps you have already taken in your life and places you have been and are still going. Small each one may be, but they get us from one place to another.
Of all the places our small steps can take us, there is no better place than the way everlasting. Where our steps take us depend on the thoughts in our hearts. Every time we take a step, they are small but are designed to help us reach a destination. Our tiny feet are the means by which we take a journey. The size of our feet and steps are not what’s important. What matters is their direction and purpose.
Where are you going? What is your destination? What will you have or do once and if you arrive? If it’s not eternal life, I invite you to do what the Psalms did and request a change in direction and purpose while you still can. At the conclusion of all the millions and perhaps billions of small steps you have and will take in your life, where will you be? I don’t know about you, but I want to be where Jesus is.
Pastor Jordan
Very good thing you keep up the good work dea. Collins