Jesus doesn’t help us out of life’s messes by offering advice or even lending a helping hand. His footprints prove he’s walked through the worst of life’s messes for us. Those same footprints have paved our path out. This week we see how our mess—and God’s willingness to step into it—all started. When our first parents brought our race under the control of sin and its curse, God stepped in with unfailing love and a promise to send a Savior. Eventually, Jesus came to be that Savior who stepped onto the field of battle in our place to bring perfect righteousness back to a world of sin.