“Dang, Lord. My foot really hurts and we’re only at the beginning of a 10 mile day…any chance you can heal it?”
This was moments before He told me to take off my sandals.
You see, I didn’t realize it at the time but a few weeks ago the Lord gave me a dream that fit this exact moment.
A few weeks ago the Lord gave me a dream that revealed through a pair of sandals that I like to hang onto worldly things because they feel good.
BUT when I fill my hands with those worldy things, I’m choosing to let go of God.
It doesn’t seem like much but it’s a whole inch (my shoe) that stands between God and me. That inch can change the course of a life.
You see, really anything that stands between my relationship with God, no matter how seemingly small, isn’t worth having in my life because it’s only a temporary satisfaction while He’s eternal.
So when He asked me to take my shoes off as a physical way of releasing what’s standing between the Lord and I my first reaction was…”I’ll do it later, later would be better.”
And then I realized, why would I do later what the Lord asked me to do now?
I stopped right there on the side of the highway, removed my shoes and proceeded to walk along the road barefoot for the next 4 miles…and my foot stopped hurting as soon as I took them off.
I spent the next 4 miles sinking my feet into a deeper intimacy with the only one that truly satisfies.
I spent the next 4 miles realizing that He is worth so much more than the temporary satisfaction of wearing my shoes.
I may have spent the next 4 miles barefoot but I really realized I had put so many other things in that space to give me comfort rather than the Lord.
“Earths crammed with Heaven. And every common bush afire with God; but only he who sees, takes off his shoes”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
This month 3 others and I felt like the Lord was telling us to walk in freedom and walk in faith. So that’s what we’re doing!
We are literally walking as a form of fasting for salvations for loved ones back home and for those we’ve met this year.
But we are also walking in faith as we don’t really know where we’re going. We’re willing to step into whatever it is the Lord is leading us into.
This has left us completely leaning on Him to provide us with places to sleep at night, with finances, with direction and with divine appointments.
I can easily say that even though completely stepping into life without a schedule isn’t always reality, this is something I can’t wait to take with me in whatever my next season of l
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Blessings,
Bran
