Shoes are not for a little boy’s mouth. Oh, dear, no! Mother bought those shoes for her little boy’s feet, and there he is with bare toes and a shoe in his mouth. Mother will have to straighten that matter up before he walks abroad in this dangerous world.
God has provided “shoes” for His children too, and He wants us to wear them. He says that our feet should be “shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.” Eph. 6:1515And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; (Ephesians 6:15). They are very costly shoes, for it was not easy for God to offer peace to sinners on earth, where even children quarrel and fight. But the Lord Jesus has “made peace through the blood of His cross.” God now offers, to sinners like we are, His forgiveness and His peace.
Let us walk then, with our “feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.” Let us, who know that our sins are forgiven, walk through this world as God’s blessed little peacemakers, messengers of God’s glad tidings to troubled souls. God loves to see His children walking in peace.
ML 12/10/1950