What Shoes are you Wearing?

"Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness. ¹⁵ For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared.¹⁶ In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil. ¹⁷ Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." Ephesians 6: 14-17
What shoes are you wearing?
Right you may be at home, like me, and be barefoot! Or maybe your wearing flip-flops, Toms, tennis shoes, sandals, heels, converse etc.
But today I want to ask you what Spiritual shoes are you wearing? That may seem like a pretty stupid question but the answer is incredible.

Peace:
After we put on our belt of Truth, breastplate of Righteousness, it's time for the shoes of Peace. Peace is such a beautiful word.
The dictionary describes it as the cessation of or freedom from any strife or dissension. But peace is so much for than that.
Apart from being listed as an armor of God, peace is also a fruit of the Spirit. God must think that Peace is really important if it is a fruit and something with which we can defeat the devil with. That means that is must be super important to us.

The Bible says to put on shoes of Peace. Why is peace the shoes, why not the chain mail? or the sword?
Just because we can't literally fight with shoes doesn't make peace any less important that truthfulness or righteousness.  We have to walk in peace on a daily basis along with the rest of the armor. To live in complete peace is a gift, a treasure. Not a lot of people know what it's like to live in complete peace. What does a life that is full of peace look like? Well, let me give you an illustration.

A peaceful life should be stress-free. But with the world as it is today how can we live a life without stress? Simple, Jesus. The Bible says to cast all our cares on Him. God knows what we are going through and he knows how to handle our floundering economy and growing debt. He has a more substantial plan for us than anyone could ever think, plan, or imagine.

A peaceful life should be full of love. But what about that one person who humiliated you today in front of the entire school? Should we still love them? Or what about that one guy who completely ran into your car and totalled it? What about him? Or what about all of the terrorists? Can we love them too? Yes! you can! God says to love you neighbor as yourself. That doesn't just mean the people who live on either side of your house, that means everyone in the world. 
Hebrews 6: 11 says "Our great desire is that you will keep on loving others as long as life lasts, in order to make certain that what you hope for will come true."

A peaceful life isn't just one that you can earn, you have to work for peace just like anything else. By loving God and others, and giving everything to the Lord, peace will start to come into your heart.

Today I want to challenge you to choose one verse from the Bible to pray and meditate on. But not just some random verse, choose one that you can relate to. Pick one that will encourage and build you up. Trust and pray for Peace to enter your life.

So let me ask you one more time, what shoes are you wearing?