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Broken-In Shoes & In Good Company

Lindsay Roberts

Have you ever gone into a shoe store wearing an old grubby pair of shoes? Your old shoes make the new shoes in the store look so good that you can't wait to buy a pair and wear them home. But after wearing the new shoes once or twice, you realize that they aren't as comfortable as you had thought. They still need to be broken in. The temptation comes to return to the old pair of shoes. Ugly as they are, they are still comfortable.

Like owners of new shoes who stubbornly persist on wearing their old worn-out sneakers, we cling to the familiar instead of allowing God to do a new thing in our lives. God may be trying to do a new thing in our lives, but if we keep returning to our old ways, we can't experience all of the good things He has in store for us.

God tells us in Ezekiel 36:26-27 NKJV, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. When we insist on holding on to old patterns of doubt or sin, we hinder God's work in our lives. But when we follow God's ways and obey what He tells us to do, we open the way for Him to bring new blessings and positive change into our lives.

Think about it for a moment. What old shoes is God asking you to leave behind? Let go of the old ways that may be holding you back, as comfortable as they might be, and allow God's transforming power to change your life and set your feet on the path of a fresh new walk with Him.

If you have ever faced an impossible-looking situation, you're in good company. Hebrews chapter 11 gives us awesome stories of what faith can do in the midst of adversity and seemingly impossible situations. These believers went through horrific battles, but they came out on top. The Message translation says, Through acts of faith, they toppled kingdoms, made justice work, took the promises for themselves. They...refused to give in (vv. 33-35).

When we determine that we're not going to give in to satan's tactics or pressures and we're not going to give up just because we don't see any tangible evidence that our faith is working, then we can win our battles. We have to make up our minds that we are not going to worry about how things appear, for we walk by faith, not by sight (II Corinthians 5:7). By faith, we know that God is working behind the scenes.

There have been times of testing when I've told the devil, "Satan, if it's a fight you want, then it's a fight you're going to get. But when this thing is over and the dust settles, God and I will still be standing, and the victory will be ours!"

This is a war that can be won. But we have to stay on guard. We have to keep a firm grip on our faith and refuse to quit. We don't ever want to jump to the conclusion that God is not on the job when it looks as though nothing is happening. Keep trusting Him, because this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith (I John 5:4).

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