every place where you set your foot

I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses.  Joshua 1:3

Back in the early 90's, I was fresh out of college, a reluctant teacher, and assistant coordinator of the children's ministry at my church.  A pastor from another church came to minister at my church, and he spoke Joshua 1:3 over me in regards to my classroom.

Fast forward almost 25 years.  I'm a grownup, a joyful teacher, and my "territory" has expanded.  Joshua 1:3 has stayed with me all these years.  I've walked the halls and classrooms of several schools; always with Joshua 1:3 in my heart.  Wherever I go, Jesus goes too.  Wherever I set my feet, God can use me to fulfill His purpose and reach the world.

When I run in my neighborhood, I pray.  When I walk around the block that holds my school, I pray for my people...my friends/colleagues, my students, the board of directors, etc.  When I walk the halls and classrooms of my school, Jesus goes there with me, and I pray.  It's my mission field and the place where I set my feet.

In the last 2 or 3 years, I've taken lots of pictures of my Chaco-feet in different places.  I do love my Chacos, but those pictures are much more significant.  They keep record of the places that God has taken me.  And of course, they are literally the places where I have set my feet.  My favorite of those pictures is a recent one.  Right foot in the northern hemisphere, left foot in the southern hemisphere, and the equator running between them.  So symbolic to me...taking Jesus to the center of the earth.

Joshua 1:3 is woven into the fabric of my life, programmed into my DNA, and embedded deeply in my heart, but it is recorded in the Bible for all Christians.  It is truth for all of us.  God will give us every place where we set our feet for His purpose and His glory.