Under His Feet

Sometimes we ALL feel that we are swimming through a sea of troubles and trials, and are being tossed like a piece of debris in the ocean!!! It seems that we are going down for the last time. EVERYTHING seems to be over our head. When we are in this state, we need to remember that when it is over our head, it is STILL UNDER HIS FEET!!!

1) The Waters are under HIS feet: Matthew 14:25 tells of the disciples in the ship, that THE LORD SENT THEM INTO.  They ended up in a storm, tossed with waves and the winds. They were experienced fishermen and were doing all THEY knew to do to stay afloat.The Lord put them in this situation to bring them to the end of themselves. " They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. THEN they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and HE bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm." Psalm 107:27-29.  At the fourth watch of the night, which is the darkest hour before dawn, THE LORD CAME TO THEM, WALKING ON THE WATER!! Just as He promised in Psalms, He will come to us when we realize we CANNOT DO IT ON OUR OWN!! When Peter saw the Lord walking on the water, he wanted to come to him and do the same. The Lord bade him come,and he walked on the water! It was under HIS feet, ONLY UNTIL he started looking at the problem again, the waves and billows around him, and not keeping his eyes on the SAVIOUR! When he did start to go down and CALLED OUT FOR HELP, IMMEDIATELY the LORD stretched forth His hand, and caught him, while the water was STILL under HIS FEET!! The Lord doesn't want the trials to hurt us spiritually or phyiscally, he wants them TO HELP US AND BRING US CLOSER TO HIM!!!

2) The Darkness is under His feet:  When there is DARKNESS all around, you cannot see your way, and it seems that all of the powers of HELL AND DARKNESS are fighting against you, it is ALL STILL UNDER HIS FEET. "The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.....In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, .....He bowed down the heavens also, and came down: AND DARKNESS WAS UNDER HIS FEET." Psalm 18:4, 6, &9. In the time of our darkness, we need to remember that the SON is always shining, just as David did when he wrote this Psalm.He had learned from the past that God will not leave His children in distress or darkness. When He comes to our cry for help, HE will vanish all darkness away and bring light and peace. "At the BRIGHTNESS that was before him his thick clouds passed away.. ." Psalm 18:12a. The rest of this chapter speaks of David's deliverance and joy, praising the Lord for what HE had done. This is the way we need to respond to the darkness of storms. May we ever call out when the darkness is pressing in on us, and the Glorious Light of the Saviour will cause it all to clear away when He steps down from Heaven!!! His foot crushing power (Gen. 3:15)  will stomp out the darkness, and the clouds will scatter as dust under HIS PRECIOUS FEET!!

3) ALL THINGS ARE UNDER HIS FEET!!!   No matter what our problems are, they are ALL under HIS feet!! There is not one thing that He is not in control of, and surely HE will NOT let one thing harm HIS CHURCH!! " And hath put ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET, and gave him to be the head over ALL things to the church.." Eph. 1:22. When we get a hold of this, and truly understand the POWER that the LORD HAS, and has given to the disposal of HIS CHURCH, we will be STRENGTHENED IN THE SPIRIT!!!  ONLY THEN will Jesus give us the VICTORY over our trials, fears, and best of all SATAN!! " And the GOD OF PEACE SHALL bruise Satan UNDER YOUR FEET SHORTLY..." Romans 16:20a.

Wherever the LORD has you today, whether you are in the stormy sea, or if darkness is all around:come to the END OF YOURSELF!   CALL OUT TO HIM, watch HIM come lift you out, give you light, and CRUSH ALL OF IT UNDER HIS PRECIOUS POWERFUL FEET!!!!