Take Off Your Shoes

When I was a child I used to love getting out of the house without wearing shoes, my mum would not normally notice until we were half way down the high street! I loved the freedom; shoes I felt were for the over cautious, for those who would not risk stubbing their toe.

 

As I look back there are no guarantees in life that we won’t stub our toes, life’s path can be very painful at times; but what I do know is that there comes a time in your life when taking your shoes off in reverence to God, leads us onto Holy Ground.

 

It was only when Moses gave his full attention to the flames in the burning bush that he heard God’s voice.

 

So often there are things in our lives which prevent us from experiencing that awe and wonder; Majesty. Maybe also, pride prevents us from noticing, we all have false idols, too much ego, no patience to endure, I sometime even think can we be bothered to investigate burning bushes?

 

Dare we give attention to how God’s voice is calling us to today?

 

And the shoes? They too have a message. We struggle to be Holy; We yearn to feel God’s presence. Yet, how often we are standing on Holy Ground and need only to take off our shoes, peel back what holds us and acknowledge it.

God seeks us far more than we seek him.

 

Maybe we all need to go back to being child-like, not wearing the unnecessary shoes, the barrier; we feel much more when we are bare footed.

 

Whether you take off your shoes symbolically or literally matters little.

What is important; is that you are alive to the Holy ground on which you stand and that you notice the Holy ground alive in you.

 

 

Prayer: