Are You Wearing The Right Shoes? Series

I will admit that this is a shoe I have difficulty in wearing in that I sometimes just cannot understand why believers act like they do… and the simple fact is that they are still learning to walk… they are still in those baby shoes!

I need to be constantly aware of what it was like to wear those shoes and what I can do to steady their walk, to clear their path and to encourage them to put one foot in front of the other and begin to walk for Christ in a bold and courageous way!

But I find myself to be impatient. I’m one who tends to do everything myself and go everywhere on my own. But what I need to understand and learn is that there is no such thing as a one-man army! In the service of God there is no such thing as winning the battle all by yourself!

We cannot face this world on our own and if there is one who is new in the Lord… who is a babe in Christ… THEY will need me… they will need you to help them, to protect them and to encourage them!

If you’re a grizzled veteran of walking for the Lord… if you have been down “that path” well then it is incumbent upon you to train, protect, and encourage someone else. That’s what the fellowship of the church is all about!

The church is here for the protection of the saints as well as the fellowship of the saints! The church is here for the training of the saints as well as the encouragement of the saints!

We are here to sharpen one another! We are here to learn how to equip ourselves and each other for the battle. We are to be here for one another.

Our task is to march forward, to protect each other and for us to NEVER forget how to walk in baby shoes and encourage others to walk this walk along with us.

A little child, learning to walk, sees his daddy across the room, and knows that’s his goal, to get to daddy. He stretches out his tiny arms and in those baby shoes takes a few steps, maybe falls down, but he’s on his way to daddy. He’ll get there.

Just like that, all around us there are people starting out for the Father. Some are going to stumble and fall. But if we understand them, and encourage them, and equip them, and leave off the criticism, and set aside the grumbling, they’ll get there. They’ll get to the Father.

Are you wearing the right shoes today? We must be ready to proclaim Christ and His gospel at all times and we must be ready to put on whatever shoes we need to do what Christ has called us to do!

We must be willing to march into whatever He has called us to do in our combat boots! We must be willing to protect each other and ourselves with those steel-toed boots and finally we must be willing to share, help and encourage others by NEVER forgetting what it was like to wear those beginner baby shoes!

Whatever shoes – boots to keep on marching, steel-toed to protect against hurt feelings, baby shoes to help beginners. Whatever shoes you must wear… you are called to wear them for the glory of God! Are you wearing the right shoes today?

Conclusion:

Today you have heard about yet another part of the battle armor of God. You have heard about the Sword of the Spirit…we know it as the Word of God! [hold up Bible]