Job 13:27
“Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.”
No matter where you may look you see fingerprints. As I look at my desk, I can see my fingerprints on the places where I have worked. My fingerprint is found all over my phone because I’m use it. On my birth certificate, you will find my footprint and fingerprint. They are my identifying markers that are unique to me. They show where I’ve been and what I have done.
Job said about God, “…thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.” This one little phrase should be an encouragement for every Christian. Job was saying that God left His print on us when He made us. That thought reminds me of several things.
First, your print should remind you that God thought about you. They say there is no one fingerprint or footprint alike. That means that God had to think about you when He made you. You didn’t just happen upon this Earth, but the Creator of the Universe took time to think about you when He made you.
Second, your print should remind you that you are unique to God. If no fingerprint or footprint is alike, then you are the only you. Friend, you are no uh-oh to God. You may look like one of your parents, but you are still unique. What society may consider a mistake is the fingerprint of God. A special needs person is not a mistake, but they have the fingerprint of God on their lives. No matter what you may feel is a physical flaw is truly the fingerprint of God on your life.
Third, your print should remind you that God put His mark on you. A fingerprint is an impression left behind on a surface. In other words, when you look at your fingerprint, you can be reminded that God left an impression upon you because you are His work. Never get the feeling that God doesn’t love you, because your fingerprint and footprint proves that He worked on you. Not only did God work on you, but He is still working on you. Your print is the mark of God on your life. That means that He wants to use you to do something for Him. Anywhere you find my fingerprint means that I wanted to use that object to do something. God’s print on your life means that He wants to do something with you.
Fourth, your print should remind you that you belong to God. Don’t ever forget that you are God’s. When you are considering running to a sinful lifestyle, always look at your print and remember that you belong to God. You are His work. You are unique to Him. He has invested in your life. Don’t steal the work of God and use it for the Devil, because you belong to God.
We have a simple reminder everyday when we wake up that God is with us and is working on us. Christian, you have no reason to be discourage because you have the print of God on your life. You don’t have to go through life thinking that nobody cares for you because your print proves that God cares for you. Take some time right now and look at your print and thank God for leaving His mark on your life, then go and use your life for the purpose for which he created you.