Power of Feet

Key Scripture: “For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared.” Ephesians 6:15 The Message

Power Point:

When I was a little girl, my favorite thing at Easter time was getting bright new patent shoes.  I’ve always loved the way they stay shiny. I don’t know why but lately I’ve been noticing shoes. Some people are very particular about their shoes and theirs are very stylish. Some people have had the same ones for years and have never shined them up and honestly, it doesn’t matter what you wear it won’t look as good unless you have shiny shoes.

I was thinking this morning about how interested God is in the way our feet look. He thinks they’re beautiful.  He’s not particularly interested in what kind of shoes they have on but He is interested in where they go and how well they walk. He thinks they’re especially beautiful when they are prepared to face the enemy with “firm-footed stability, ready and able to trample any situation with the Truth of the Good News

In Romans 16:20 Paul lets us know that if we are wise in what is good and innocent concerning evil, then the God of peace will crush Satan under our feet. I like that picture don’t you? I can just see God putting his hand on our foot and crushing the life out of Satan. In Old Testament times, the way they declared victory was to put their feet on the neck of the defeated king. Because Jesus has won the total victory over Satan for all time, God has put all things under HIS feet. And Beloved, if they’re under His, they’re also under yours. His feet were nailed to the cross so yours wouldn’t have to be. His feet were laid in a tomb so that He could bring you new life when He walked out again. His feet walked everywhere bringing the Peace that was His to give, so that we could walk in peace in the midst of chaos just like Jesus did.

You might have old dusty shoes, or bright shiny new ones but God is especially interested in where you walk in them. Are you walking in the good works that He’s prepared for you to walk in today? Are you firm footed and stable against the enemy’s plans against you? Are you spreading the glorious truth of the good news to everyone you meet? Are your feet planted firmly in Truth that sets you free? Are you walking in love?

Are you walking in the Spirit?

In Revelation, when John saw Jesus he says that he fell at his feet. Why? I don’t think it was from fear, I think he was realizing for the first time that everything Jesus had said about Himself was totally and absolutely true.  I think that someone John had loved from the moment he met Him was standing in front of him with His feet firmly planted in heaven, in victory, and in fulfillment of all the promises He had made on earth.  

Power Thought:

All things are under His feet. Are they under yours? They can be.