Consider for a moment your feet.
Without them, we would not be able to do basic tasks such as walk, kick, or
drive a car. Our feet are very useful parts of the body, yet we often take them
for granted, noticing only when they hurt – and when they do, we know that it’s
time to get off them as soon as possible.
The Bible has quite a selection of
verses about feet. For example, Isaiah 52:7 says (paraphrased in Romans 10:15),
“How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who
proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to
Zion, ‘Your God reigns!’” We are also often called to lay ourselves down at
Jesus’s feet, and to be His hands and feet in the world.
Jesus walked all over Judea and
Galilee, delivering His message to any and all who came. And when, at long
last, the time came for Jesus to be crucified, His feet had to support not just
His body, but also the cross on which He would die. I can only imagine how much
His feet hurt by the time He got to Calvary, but He knew what this would
accomplish, so I can also imagine He knew the suffering would be worth it to
save the world. May we honor His act of sacrifice by being the feet (and hands)
this world desperately needs.
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