Shoes prepared to spread the gospel.

Welcome back knights. I pray our great and mighty King has blessed you greatly since our last meeting. Today we will be looking at the next piece of armament that our King has provided for us. Eph. 6:15 For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared.(NLT) The ESV version puts it like this “15 and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.” The HCSB puts it this way “15 and your feet sandaled with readiness
for the gospel of peace.” Notice how in all of these the general idea is for us to be ready to spread the gospel of peace. These are the marching orders from our King.

We live in a world at war knights, but the war is not being fought to gain land or to further some great political advantage. We fight for the hearts and souls of the living dead. We are in a war for dead people that our King wants to bring back to life. You may think that our King Jesus came to heal the sick or make the blind see or even to cast out demons. Even though our King did all of these things while he walked on this earth, His mission was much more important than that. He came to make the DEAD, LIVE! What good is healing or seeing if you are dead? What benefit is there in being relieved of demons if you are going to die anyway. The gospel, or good news, of peace that we are commanded to share is that by the blood of our King we have been brought from death to life and our King wants to offer that life to any who would come to Him and believe. Not just life here on earth, but life eternal and more abundantly than we could ever imagine apart from our King.

Knights, our King has already won the war even though the battle rages on around us. He already holds the keys to death, hell and the grave. In our attempt to thwart the dragon, we must be prepared to set his captives free with the good news of the gospel and not attack the captives in a misunderstanding of who we fight. Peter and Paul did not use elegant words to sway their listeners but instead used straight forward truth from our King to reach the captive hearts of the dragon’s prisoners. Do not be afraid to share about our King. Do not think yourself unworthy. Do not be lied to by the dragon that you are not effective enough to make a difference. Our King gives you all you need when he brought you from death to life and He is with you always to guide you and strengthen you.

Great King, I come to You today and praise You for Your mercy, grace and forgiveness that you have shown each of us. You have brought each of us to life and taken away and fear of death. I ask Your favor on Your knights as we go forth into the battlegrounds and set free the captives that the dragon has enslaved. Mighty King, You have given us everything we need to accomplish Your will here on this earth. I ask for Your strength, Your guidance and Your peace for all of Your knights. Bless each one of them according to Your riches in heaven.

Go forth knights and be prepared to tell the captives of the good news that our King is alive and will make them alive also. God bless each of you.