Taking Off Sandals

Taking Off Sandals

Being born into a great house puts you on the spot light.   The ‘paparazzi’ come after you. You have a reputation to keep, privileges to enjoy and responsibilities to carry out. Believers are born into such a house[1].  Humanity is watching with high expectations[2]. Heaven is watching with great support. Hell is also watching helplessly, puzzled by the manifold wisdom of God[3].

In a Bible story[4], Moses met God at the bush that was burning but not consumed by the fire. As he drew near the bush, God warned him to take off his sandals for the place was holy ground. With his sandals on, Moses could only get close to God to a point and no further. In a similar way, we also can get to know God only so far without laying aside attitudes, sins and weights that keep us from following him near enough to be like him[5].

God is great and shares with you greatness[6]. He is your exceeding great reward[7]. His promises are exceedingly great and precious[8]. May your heart cry out like the Psalmist’s, ‘My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God[9].’

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[1] 2 Timothy 2:19-20

[2] Ephesians 3:9 

[3] Ephesians 3:10

[4] Exodus 3:5

[5] Hebrews 12:1-3; I Timothy 3:15, 16; Ephesians 4:1-3

[6] Genesis 12:2

[7] Genesis 15:1

[8] 2 Peter 1:4

[9] Psalm 84; 92:13