Power of Walking Around In God's Shoes

Key Scripture: “Give and it will be given unto you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together shall it be given into your bosom.”  Luke 6:38

Power Point:

Recently my good friend David got the great idea of going to Wal-Mart and paying off accounts for people who had put toys on layaway and couldn’t pay for them. David has a good heart.  Evidently a lot of people in Atlanta do too. When he told the manager what he wanted to do, the manager replied that here in Atlanta people had been doing that all week and they had no more toys on layaway. Is that incredible or what?

I decided to call my daughter-in-love, Kim, this morning and tell her about the opportunity. We agreed it would be a great experience for the children in many different ways. That precious girl with the big heart corralled those kids (within minutes) and took off for Wal-mart. The scenario there was a bit different. The manager told her that no one had ever done this before. In fact they were pretty unsure at the beginning how to proceed. In the meantime our JD was watching every detail with a big smile on his face. He knew exactly what was going on and he knew somewhere a child would get a toy because his mom making sure of it.  In fact, I told JD that this was the best birthday present they could have given Jesus.

We each have the extraordinary privilege of walking around in God’s shoes. We get to be Jesus with skin on. I couldn’t help but think how that parent will feel when they get the call from Wal-Mart that they can come and pick up a toy that they could not buy for themselves. Kim’s comment was that the manager was blessed, the lady helping her was blessed, and who knows, maybe even the grumpy old man who was next in line will be blessed as well. Of course, the most important thing for me is that my grandson got to be a part of doing kingdom work at the ripe old age of nine. He’ll never forget it.

And blessings have a way of multiplying don’t they? When Kim got home she called her best friend, Jana, and told her what had happened. Jana LOVED the idea and asked if Kim minded if she did it too. Kim did not. We may be starting a trend. I hope so.

If you see someone who needs Jesus with skin on today, I hope you’ll be that person.

Power Thought:

Walking in God’s shoes is fun. Following in Jesus footsteps is amazing. He loves it when we do that. So does everyone else. Even at Wal-Mart