Steppin' Up and Out

For good reasons, people wear different footwear: shoes for occupations, yardwork, dress wear, exercise, recreation, and leisure. Each style accommodates the task at hand. Wearing a pair of steel-toe boots to run a race makes as much sense as wanting to wear another person’s shoes you admire, longing to perform their appealing tasks not designed for you. God created, talented, and gifted His children for His purposes, and it’s vital to wear the correct shoes—your shoes—to carry out (“walk in”) those works He uniquely prepared for you to bring Him glory. Step up to and into the tasks God created you to perform wearing the shoes—gifts and talents—He perfectly fitted for your assignments. Serve Him wholeheartedly, carrying out your responsibilities for your Maker’s honor and the benefit of others.

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, that He hath prepared beforehand that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10).