Lay It on Me

Chapter 7

7 When God Gets in your Shoes Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging, to confirm anything: one man took off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was a confirmation in Israel (ruth 4:7). he exchanging of shoes meant, "Now I have a right to walk where I haven't walked before. I have legal authority to step into territory that I couldn't before!" Years before this, God had told Moses to remove the shoes from off his feet (Exodus 3:5). The ground was holy, God said. Therefore, out of respect, Moses removed his shoes. T Years ago I saw another reason why Moses removed his shoes. The job God had for Moses was too big for one man. God was saying, "Moses, get your shoes off and let Me get in them! Let Me walk in your shoes down to Egypt!" Over 40 years later, God told Joshua to remove the "shoe" from off his foot. Notice that God said shoe , not shoes . Take your sandal off your foot (Joshua 5:15).