Footprints im the Butter
“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself take up his cross and follow me.” Matthew 16:24
How do you know when an elephant has been in the refrigerator? You’ll see its footprints in the butter. My pastor shared that joke in a sermon. How many times have you heard a non-believer say, “Why should I become a Christian? They’re a bunch of hypocrites.”
Unfortunately, in today’s world, most of the time, the non-believer is right. I’ve seen a lot of Christians who tell me they’ve been saved for many years, but yet they act like they’re new. Every other word out of their mouth is a swear word, they constantly yell at the store clerk who accidentally overcharged them on their grocery bill, they’re heavily into witchcraft, they enjoy getting drunk at a bar, etc. Pretty soon a Christian is defined as someone who goes to church. Anyone can do that.
I believe that God calls us to be elephants. He wants us to leave footprints that lead others to Him. “I’m going to get laughed at,” you say. Jesus got laughed at while dying on the cross. He left us the footprints to heaven because He loves us. What kind of footprints are you leaving for Christ? Are they the footprints of an elephant?
Dear Lord,
Please help me to lead a life that leaves footprints for you.
Amen
Hey Rachael it's Brittany from Funlife… Your words are inspiring, truly. Thank you for sharing
Hi Rachael,
Your posting is so true and so beautifully said. God does want us to leave footprints wherever the sole of our foot touches.
Rom. 10:15 “And how shall they preach, except they be sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! “
But, sad to say, too many christians are trodding on ground that leads to destruction. The path we choose to walk matters.
Matthew 5:13 “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.”
We all need to be elephants and butter-up others!
Love you, Rachael,
Sarah