" Feet, Where does yours take you ? "

      You may think that the subject of "feet" may be a strange subject to talk about in relationship to GOD and HIS WORD. But as you will see, "feet" are one of HIS created parts for man that we cannot do without in our Christian walk.  Whether we are talking about physical or spiritual "feet", both have an important place in Scripture.  Let's get started.
     Physically our "feet" take us anywhere we want to go, and to those who have no physical feet, but prosthetic feet, we mean you too. Have you ever given it a thought as to where your "feet" take you ? If you are a True Born Again Christian, I certainly hope that you think about it every time you go anywhere. A Christian should think about it like this, where I am going, is it a place that I would want to take JESUS ? Since every True Believer or Saint, as GOD's WORD calls us, is indwelt with GOD the HOLY SPIRIT, where we go HE goes !

     Before Apostle Paul was saved and GOD changed his name from Saul to Paul, he was what you would call a "Bounty Hunter" for the Jews. His job was to " enter every house and drag off men and women (who had put their faith and trust in the LORD JESUS CHRIST) committing them to prison." Acts 8:3 Now what does this have to do with "feet" ? In Acts Chapter 7 Stephen, a Christian, was preaching to the council of the High Priest, Scribes and Pharisees. Please read this chapter in its entirety, Stephen's testimony of faith is so compelling that you can almost hear the councils anger building by the time you get to verses 54 thru 60.  There is a small phrase in vs.57 - and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the "feet" of a young man named Saul. Yes, one in the same, our now beloved Paul was condoning to the murder of the Christians before he was confronted by JESUS on the road to Damascus in Acts 9:4-5.  The day that Stephen was stoned by the council and the witnesses, Saul was the one standing by and watching over the cloaks that the men had taken off so they would not get the blood on them of this martyred Saint. And by his actions of protecting the garments, he was just as guilty of murdering Stephen as those who actually threw the stones that killed him.  Saul's "feet" were not where they should have been but they were doing what he thought was correct. Later he calls himself the "chiefest of sinners" for persecuting "the Way".  But Paul would later be converted by a man named Ananias, who in Acts 9:10 thru 17 was called by the LORD to go ( "feet") to a certain place and touch Saul's eyes so that he could receive his sight back. Ananias was afraid but used his "feet" to go and give Saul the Gospel and return his sight back to him. His "feet" were used for GOD's glory and the salvation of a man that the LORD would use mightily in writing nearly two thirds of the New Testament.

     In Romans Chapter 10:14 thru 15 says - How then shall they call on HIM in whom they have not believed ? And how shall they believe in HIM of whom they have not heard ? And how shall they hear without a preacher ? And how shall they preach unless they are sent ("feet") ? As it is written:
          " How beautiful are the "feet" of those who preach the Gospel
          of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things !"
In the book of Ephesians Chapter 6 it gives us a picture of the Christians suit of armor, and in vs.15 it says - " and having shod your "feet" with the preparation of the Gospel of peace;"  Also in the book of Hebrews Chapter 12:12 thru 17 it says - Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated but rather be healed. Pursue peace with all men, and holiness, without which no one will see the LORD; looking diligently lest anyone fall short of the grace of GOD; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled; lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright. For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.

     As True Born Again Christians, our "feet" are to take us where JESUS would want us to go. So the next time you want to go dancing, would the LORD JESUS CHRIST be glorified ?  The next time your "feet" stand in line for lottery tickets, is this being a "Good Steward" of what the LORD has blessed you with ? The next time your " feet " get up to look at scantily clad men or women, either on TV, Movies, Internet or even outside your door or wherever you may be "walking", is this what the LORD would want you to be doing or seeing ?  As a True Born Again Christian, we should not just be talking the talk, but " walking the walk with our feet, everyday " !!!
     Now as for the unbelieving "feet", GOD has a few WORD's about them as well. In Romans Chapter 3:9 thru 18 is says - What then ? Are we better than they ? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks(Gentiles) that they are all under sin. As it is written:
          There is none righteous, no not one;
          There is none who understands;
          There is none who seeks after GOD.
          They have all gone out of the way;
          They have together become unprofitable;
          There is none who does good, no not one.
          Their throat is an open tomb;
          With their tongues they have practiced deceit;
          The poison of asps is under their lips;
          Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
          Their "feet" are swift to shed blood;
          Destruction and misery are in their ways;
          And the way of peace they have not known.
          There is no fear of GOD before their eyes.
The unbelievers "feet" takes them to places that get them into trouble. The unbelievers "feet" takes them, like sin, farther than they ever wanted to go and it will cost them more than they ever wanted to pay !!! The unbeliever should think of himself this way, Satan is the puppeteer and the unbeliever is the puppet. Satan twists and turns you any way he wishes and you, the unbeliever, have no power to resist his temptations. Satan is called the "prince of the power of the air" he is also known as the "great deceiver" and the "accuser of the brethren(Christians)."

     UNBELIEVER, if you are counting on anything other than the LORD JESUS CHRIST and HIS death on the cross as the blood bought payment for your sins, then you are an unbeliever. GOD's WORD says that " NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to HIS mercy HE saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM HE poured out on us abundantly through JESUS CHRIST our SAVIOR, that having been justified by HIS grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Titus 3:5 thru 7.  Christianity is not a "religion", it is not a "liturgy", it is not by "works", it is not by any amount of repetitious prayers to those Saints who have gone on before us to be with the LORD.  NO man can declare you a Saint, NO man can absolve you of your sin, NO man can do anything or require anything to pay your way out of sin !!!

     Man's debt for his sin has already been paid, in full, by the death of our LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST on the cross of Calvary, and HIS resurrection from the dead. ONLY A "RELATIONSHIP" WITH THE LORD JESUS CAN SAVE YOU FROM YOUR SIN AND AN ETERNITY IN A DEVIL'S HELL !!!  Take those dirty, sin stained "feet" to the SAVIOR, bough your head in prayer and repent of your sin and ask JESUS to come into your heart and make you clean and saved. As GOD, JESUS cannot lie, so when HE said that " whomsoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be saved " it can only be WORDS OF TRUTH from the SAVIOR. Do your "feet" a favor and join in this GREAT RELATIONSHIP with the LORD. Your "feet" and the rest of you will never be sorry when the LORD walks with you wherever you GO !!!
Your servant in CHRIST,
Julie