The readiness for the gospel of peace

Ephesians 6:5 "and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace"

It is the third armor in the spiritual armamentarium. Among the spiritual armors, we have offensive and defensive weapons. Even though shoes may have some defensive role, the main purpose of this armor is to captivate the enemy.   It’s beauty catches everyone’s attention.  This  “weapon” is our willingness and readiness to share the Gospel. Gospel of Peace is the Gospel of His Kingdom( Matthew 4:23). Our willing ness to share, proclaim and propagate this Kingdom should be the major guiding principle for every move that we make!. Walking around barefooted but with all the other armors on is little awkward. It not only makes us vulnerable but also makes us loose the stability and readiness that is required in our walk.

As we know our adversary uses people around you to defeat and distract us from our God given purposes.  They could be our friends, families, neighbors, and people at work or the people that we meet in our lives journey. Our willingness to share with them the gospel of peace can captivate their hearts. The enemies of the cross are transformed into the proponent s of the cross by this gospel. The gospel of Jesus Christ (Mark 1:1) is the only armor that can captivate the heart of people and  help them to surrender their lives to the Lord. No matter how wicked they are, this gospel is still the gospel of grace (Acts 20:24). You might be walking into a “war zone”, but Romans 10:15 says-  “ How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things”. Yes indeed, this gospel changes our foes to friends.

This gospel that is entrusted to us bring peace of God in the hearts and minds of people and enable them to have peace with God. Shoes help our walk.  As a believer, our every steps/ move should be motivated to establish His Kingdom- need to be kingdom minded. The enemy of our soul has destroyed or handicapped many people since they were found shoeless!.

Dr AK George

Ozark Christian Tabernacle