The feet... Part 2...

"... and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace."

Ephesians 6:15

So we're fitted, and that's a great thing!  We now have the readiness about us, and we are prepared to witness wherever we go.  It is quite the exciting prospect to be ready and willing and able to jump and run, and share and spread.  But we should look into what this readiness really is, don't you think?

This readiness, according to the passage, comes from the "gospel of peace."  This reference, of course, is to the Truth that Jesus saves us.  Once we have this salvation, we are commanded to share it with others we encounter.  But let's go a tad deeper into it, to see what it actually covers for us.  Let's look simply at how this peace makes us ready to witness.  Let's look at how this peace guards our feet and our path.

To have Christ, therefore having salvation and grace, means that we are holy.  We have been made so by the Father, Son and Spirit, at the moment we accepted the Christian walk.  Therefore, our feet are readied with peace and have no concerns for whether or not they will make the journey before us.  I know this, because if you have the Gospel and Christ, nothing can stop you... it can only slow you down a little.  But most folks would worry over whether their feet would hold up for the journey, and whether they would be capable of going into such and such a place or this area or that.  I tell you truly, with Christ in your heart and your feet fitted with the peace He brings, you have no such concerns.

That said, and acknowledging that we are capable and ready to walk into any given situation, thanks to the grace that Christ extends to us and the peace we have about our purpose and mission there, we must that it does make us ready to witness to others.  I'll say that again: the peace Jesus gives us does make us ready to witness.  And we can know this is "gospel truth" due to the fact that where we are brought is where we are supposed to be.  I am supposed to be living where I am, just as you are, and I am supposed to have the circle of people I have, just as you do.  There is nothing shocking about this to God, as He knows everything.  Therefore, no mistake was made, and we should be free to witness! 

Further, since He has blessed us in this specific regard, we must recognize that we bless (through His blessing on us) the path that we walk.  He knows where we will go, also, and that means that there is an even greater blessing upon that path... even in the trials... ESPECIALLY in the trials!  But we have blessed feet to carry us, in some form, and a blessed path to walk, and therefore we have the freedom to witness openly and without reservation to all we encounter!  Sharing the Name and the Way should be our only concern, no matter where our feet carry us.

Lasty, having that peace that only He brings means that when we are called, we will be ready to go.  We will not hesitate.  We will not squabble and argue.  We will throw up our hands and say, "Here I am; Lord send me!"  Most people reading this, like me, have earthly constraints that keep them from being able to just jump and run, but we need to come to the understanding that God is not of this earth, and He doesn't operate under the pretense of the stock market or the real estate projections or the futures predictions or any other such thing.  He is over ALL things, and He can make a way... don't doubt it.

Take time to pray today, specifically, over where your feet have brought you.  Don't focus too much on where they brought you in the past, but think more about where they have brought you right now.  This moment, this one right here and now, is the only one you can be certain of having.  (Trust me, in my profession, I am certain of this fact.)  Give thanks today for where you are, accept that you are where you are supposed to be and honor the Lord in doing so!

God bless you all!!!