The World Through My Shoes is my look at living this incredible gift God has given us. As a busy wife, mother and daughter I relish the alone time I receive on my early morning runs. It is in the stillness of those predawn mornings where I often am inspired. Thank you for taking the time to read my words.

Thursday, February 18, 2021

The Pivot

 We have all had those pivotal moments.  The moment when your life changes whether you want it to or you don't.

It was Christmas Eve in the ICU.  We were in the waiting room listening to the surgeon deliver the grave news of Daddy's condition.  He asked for a directive in a decision that had to be made.  Keith asked the question and looked around the room for an answer.  

Every set of eyes turned to me.

The pivot.

My siblings, our spouses, and the eyes of our dearest faithfuls turned and looked at me. The enormity of that moment seared into my forever.  To this day, I do not recall what he asked or the decision we made as a family.   But I do remember every emotion of that moment.

That is the moment God injected into my quiet time this morning as I read Joshua 5.

Moses is gone. Joshua is now preparing to lead the people into war.  With all the people around him, Joshua looks up and sees a man off in the distance with a sword in his hand.  I reckon with all eyes on him, he and I share a bond.

Joshua went to him.

Don't lose that part of the story.  What appeared threatening, Joshua approached.  He didn't stay in the comfort of the crowd.  He left them and approached the threat.

Joshua asks the man if he was friend or foe.
Here Joshua finds out it's Jesus and Joshua falls on his face in worship.

Jesus tells him, “Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” 

Joshua's pivot.

In the wilderness, Jesus met him.
In all his uncertainty, Jesus met him.
In his fear, Jesus met him.

And it was holy ground.

Maybe you are faced with a room full of people turning their eyes to you or maybe it's the eyes staring back at you from the mirror, Beloved, Jesus is there.  His eyes are looking at you too.

He will lead you.
He will protect you.
And He will bring you to His favorite spot - holy ground.

Beloved, whatever may be happening in your today, do what Joshua did.
Take off your shoes, feel the carpet between your toes.
Then bow down.

God has you on holy ground.

And He promises victory.




 

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Joshua 5:13-15
Now it came about when Joshua was by Jericho, he raised his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”
He said, “No; rather I have come now as captain of the army of the Lord.” And Joshua fell on his face to the ground, and bowed down, and said to him, “What has my lord to say to his servant?” And the captain of the Lords army said to Joshua, “Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.