The Shoes

I have had God ask me to do a lot of things just for the purpose of obedience, but the story I am about to tell you is one that I will never forget. I was on my way home from town one day and I passed by this pair of shoes, each shoe wasn't too far away from the other. My first thought was just wow a pair of shoes in the road, but not to far down the road I found out they were far more than just a pair of shoes, because just a little bit further God spoke to me and said, " Go back and get the shoes." I said, " Really?, It's just an old pair of shoes." A little further again," God said, " Go back and get the shoes." As you can see I am really stubborn sometimes. I got to my drive way and very stern God says to me, " GO BACK AND GET THE SHOES!" at that point I said, "Ok I am going." When I got back to pick up the pair of shoes it was a pair of what I call Jesus Sandles, worn pretty good, and smelled like whoever was wearing them had just walked through a cow field. I picked them up, and I immediately said, " Ok God I have the shoes, now what am I suppose to do with them? , because I know there was a reason in me having them." He simply said, " Pray for the man wearing the shoes." So I went home with my pair of shoes, that's been about 6 months ago, there aren't many days that I don't think about the shoes and pray for the man wearing them. Today as a matter of fact I thought about them on my way home from work, and I know there is a reason I am sharing this with all of you. God had me kneel behind the podiem in church a couple of weeks ago and pray, and he told me to pray for the man that walks a thousand miles, but never leaves the place where he is standing.
Will I ever find out who was actually wearing the shoes? I have no idea, but I know that there is a reason why I still have the shoes, and a reason why I pray for the man wearing them.
So, when God tells you to do something and it sounds totally rediculous to you do it anyway. Be obedient to God, because there is a reason, even if it's only being obedient to him, that is enough.

I pray this makes its way to whom ever it is meant for.

Father right now I ask you to give the person that needed this message today strength, peace, and understanding to be obedient to you. I know that there is no other reward greater than serving you, the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob. Father right now I ask for you to build a hedge of protection around this person, that the enemy not be allowed to hinder your work and will for their life any longer. I ask this in Jesus name, Amen.