Doctors recommend that infants should not wear shoes. They need to learn to walk touching the ground with the soles of the feet as it will help increase strength and coordination in their legs and feet. For chiropractors, the state of health of the feet will be reflected in the body.
Every place you go, the first thing that touches the ground are your shoes. We are spirit, soul and body. Our spirit has an identical body to the physical body, with all parties. Therefore the feet of your spirit are those who are really touching the ground. When you touch the floor you make a covenant, an alliance with the powers that have government on that ground. Then the devil has a legal right over you and begins to put on you, shoes that contaminate yourself, harm you and stop your prophetic destiny. So, we must be careful where we go.
There are different types of shoes: safety, walking, casual, formal, dancing, running, for water, etc. What shoes are you wearing right now? High heel shoes, to be able to look above others with arrogance? Big, to imitate others? Small, that caused you sores or calluses and stop your walk?
Things that can make the shoe bother you:
- Objects inside them- This will prevent you continue your way.
- small- they squeeze you and can cause sores or calluses
- narrow- you can get bunions
- big- It comes out. We put on shoes that do not correspond to us, we want to be like others, imitators of imperfect beings. It can cause us to fall.
What places have you trod with which you made an alliance? You need to take off those shoes, wash your feet and be clean.
Ways to acquire shoes not designed by Elohim:
- Those who others put on you (curses or upbringing) of independence, of inferiority, of insecurity, of fears.
- Decisions to go to places that we should not be.
There are many verses in the Bible that demonstrate and make clear the importance of the feet and functions.
- For purification- Exodus 30:21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die. And it shall be a statute forever to them, to him and his descendants throughout their generations. John 13: 5 After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.
- To conquer- Joshua 4:18 And it came to pass, when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord had come from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet touched the dry land, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and overflowed all its banks as before. Joshua 14:9 So Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘Surely the land where your foot has trodden shall be your inheritance and your children’s forever, because you have wholly followed the Lord my God.’ Ps 8: 6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, Isa 28:3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, will be trampled underfoot;
- To transition- Exodus 3:5 Then He said, “Do not draw near this place. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.” Joshua 5:15 Then the Commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy.” And Joshua did so. Acts 7:33 ‘Then the Lord said to him, “Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
- To direct- Ps 119: 59 I thought about my ways, And turned my feet to Your testimonies. Ps 119: 101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I may keep Your word. Proverbs 1:15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, Keep your foot from their path; Proverbs 4:26 Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established. Proverbs 4:27 Do not turn to the right or to the left; Remove your foot from evil.
- To worship- Ps 122: 2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem!
Promises when you have your feet purified:
- protection- 1 Samuel 2: 9 He will guard the feet of His saints, but the wicked shall be silent in darkness. “For by strength no man shall prevail. Ps 37:31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. Ps 66:9 Who keeps our soul among the living, And does not allow our feet to be moved. Proverbs 3:26 For the Lord will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being caught.
- security- Ps 17: 5 Uphold my steps in Your paths, that my footsteps may not slip. Ps 31: 8 And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a wide place. Ps 94:18 If I say, “My foot slips", your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.
- strength- Ps 18:33 He makes my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places. Hab 3:19 Yehovah Elohim is my strength; He will make my feet like deer’s feet, And He will make me walk on my high hills.
- direction- Ps 18:36 You enlarged my path under me, so my feet did not slip. Ps 91:12 In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. Ps 119: 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Prov 3:23 Then you walk in your way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. Jer 2:25 Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘There is no hope. No! For I have loved aliens, and after them I will go.’
- deliverance- Ps 25:15 My eyes are ever toward Yehovah, for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. Ps 56:13 For You have delivered my soul from death. Have You not kept my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? Ps 116:8 For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
- position- Ps 40:2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps. Ps 47: 3 He will subdue the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet. Is 60:14 Also the sons of those who afflicted you, shall come bowing to you, and all those who despised you, shall fall prostrate at the soles of your feet; and they shall call you The City of the Lord, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Consequences:
- disorientation- Prov 6:13 He winks with his eyes, He shuffles his feet, He points with his fingers; Prov 7:11 She was loud and rebellious, Her feet would not stay at home.
- will follow sin- Prov 6:18 A heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift in running to evil,
- unprotected- Prov 6:28 Can one walk on hot coals, And his feet not be seared?
- without direction- Prov 25:17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.
In the Bible, we see two examples where Elohim told these characters to take off their sandals because they stepped on a holy place.
- Moses- Brought sandals from an upbringing in Egypt of idolatry, abuse of neighbor, murderer, etc. and Elohim asked him to take them off. It was there in his presence where Elohim restored him, we do not know how long he was in the bush but what we do know is that when he left Elohim's presence, he left with new shoes, liberator's footwear.
- Joshua - Although he was the leader of the town, he had scary shoes. You can be a leader in a ministry, but if you are still afraid, your work will be limited. Joshua came from having lived in the desert for 40 years, seeing miracles, but also seeing how the promise was not fulfilled, he had come from having lost his family because of disobedience, he came from a slave family, he came from living in an atmosphere of complaints, lack of faith, disbelief, etc. That is, he wore shoes of independence, disobedience, not wanting to submit to authority, lack of faith, fear, slavery, disbelief, etc. and Yehovah had to restore it and change his shoes. When he left, he left with warrior's shoes, a brave leader.
When you are in the presence of Yehovah you are stepping in holy place. To enter the holy place, you have to be barefoot, naked, free of alliances, contracts, ties, pacts, characteristics of the nature of the devil (pride, lie, pride, haughtiness, etc.). In the tabernacle there was a lavatory where the priests removed the stains from their hands and feet before entering the holy place. When you have had an encounter with his presence, you come out with shoes that will protect you on your journey through the world, that is the footwear of the gospel of peace and it is conquered in the holy place, in his presence. Isaiah 52:7 How welcome on the mountains are the feet of the herald who announces happiness, who proclaims well-being, who announces victory, who tells Tsiyon (Zion): "Your Elohim is King!" Herald comes from the Greek word "kerusso" which means proclaimer. Then, when you conquer that shoe, in the presence of Elohim, you are ready to proclaim to the whole world what you received. Moses and Joshua conquered that footwear and received freedom and they could go to proclaim the news of liberation, security, etc. That footwear gives you courage, boldness, security, passion, etc.
Today Yehovah wants to take off the shoes that they have put on you and wash your feet. Foot washing was not merely a ceremonial custom. It was an important practice because people walked with sandals through streets full of dust and excrement. His feet got dirty and became stinking. The places we have stepped on, the experiences we have had have dirtied our feet and made them stink. When Yeshua died, he was crushed and pierced to free us from sin and rebellion. This is the first step you must take, allowing his shed blood to cleanse you from sin (John 13:10). But, in addition to allowing Yeshua to cleanse you with his blood, as a believer you must allow him to wash your feet. We must let Him cleanse us from the effects of sin in our lives. Believers in Yeshua have been completely and permanently freed from the guilt and punishment of sin, but still we need to be freed from the power of sin that continues to act in our lives. When we sin as Believers, we are forgiven by Elohim, but our sensitized consciousness is tainted, and we are accused by Satan. The Holy Spirit in turn convinces us of our erroneous attitudes and behaviors, which we must acknowledge before Yeshua, and let Him apply his forgiveness to our conscience, and cooperate with Him as He begins to change us from within. We must let Him renew us from the effects of living a lifetime in a spiritually hostile world. In the ancient world, it was impossible to walk without your feet getting dirty. Likewise, it is not possible for us as believers to live in this world without adversely affected by this spiritual atmosphere. This is different from choosing to sin. Every believer knows the experience of spending a day in the world of work, school, etc. and spiritually fatigued feeling in some form, covered by a "dust" which makes us feel worn and misshapen and distant from God. We need to renew in our communion with God, and Yeshua is the one who can do this by removing dust and revitalizing us.