Big Shoes To Fill

“Big Shoes To Fill” by Kirk Hunt

And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.

Joshua 3:7 (KJV)

Joshua followed Moses as the leader of Israel. Moses, the Lawgiver. Moses, the Deliverer. Moses who talked face-to-Shekinah with God.

Moses’ figurative shoes were too big for a mere mortal to fill. Joshua must have felt overwhelmed and over-matched by his appointment. Worse, it is appropriate that Joshua felt that way.

He was in good company. Moses gave excuse after excuse at the burning bush. The shoes of his assignment were too big for a mere mortal to fill.

It does not matter how you wind up with big shoes to fill. Perhaps you are following after a great Godly leader. Maybe you have an extraordinary new calling of your own. The solution is the same: God must magnify you.

“God does not call the equipped. God equips those He calls.” God will expand you to fill the task or role He wants you to complete. Either before or after your feet are in the shoes, God will give you what you need to fill them.

They may indeed be very big shoes. No problem. Look to God, because He is with you.

Think: God will expand me to fill the assignment He calls me to.

Pray: “Father-God, help me to rely on You and Your empowerment for the task.”

Copyright © January 2011, Kirk Hunt