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Do you have beautiful feet? Now, I admit that I don’t think of feet as being beautiful—certainly not my feet. But the Bible describes beautiful feet in Isaiah 52:7:
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
So, for beautiful feet we must use our feet to tell the good news that Jesus has come to bring peace and salvation; to be bold in proclaiming that our God reigns and he is Lord of heaven and earth. Wherever your feet take you each day, are you finding opportunities to bring good news and proclaim salvation? That is what makes feet beautiful.
Proverbs 4:26 says, “Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm.” We are responsible for the paths that our feet take. Level paths would take us to church regularly, to fellowship with other believers, to people and places who will edify us and build us up.
I think of how easily I can choose a path of convenience, or a path of self-glory, or a path of laziness, or a path of wasted time. Those are not firm paths, but they look very inviting sometimes, don’t they?
David wrote: “My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not stumbled.” And as long as he made level paths for his feet, that was true. However, on one occasion he chose a wrong path—the path of adultery. His commitment to keep his feet from stumbling was overcome by his passion and his feet stumbled. And the consequences of that wrong path were devastating for David and his family.
Proverbs 4:26-27 is a warning written by David’s son, Solomon:
Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
And the word of God must be the lamp to our feet and the light for our path. I encourage you to make sure your feet are beautiful, that they stay on the right path, and they bring good news to the people in your world.
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