“It is He who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose,”   John 1:27 NKJV.

I had an impression of a shoe…. but the shoe was old and worn, the sole was tearing away front from the top part of the brown shoe.

They were men’s shoes.  What does this mean Father?

“See this worthless shoe?  Just like an old shoe that is so totally worn, many of My People are being thought of as that shoe.

They have been cast aside like an old shoe.  They have tried to “fit in” to the system of the “church”, and yet have come away wounded and humiliated, rejected and worn out from all the trying to ‘fit in’.

Some have stayed and waited without saying a word, but just enduring the hostility, as Jesus had to endure hostility.

Well, I have a brand new pair of shoes for them to wear.  I have a pair of shoes that fit perfectly.

I have a pair of shoes that will not leave them open to the elements – that will keep them from getting wet or dirty.

The shoes I have for them have wings. In these shoes, they can even fly!”  

I saw dark navy leather shoes with wings on either side!  They were all shiny, like brand new shoes are.

“When you first put on these shoes, they will be a little stiff, and some may even blister, so be sure to wear My covering over your feet, so they won’t be bruised.

Yes, some shoes bruise your heel, or toes and wear down the skin into a blister that can be painful.  But I will help you to stretch these shoes, so that they will be really comfortable to wear.  You won’t FEEL bruised, even if they rub a bit.

In order to wear the new ones, you have to take off the old ones.  You can no longer wear the old ones, and walk in the newness of life I AM giving you.

I AM doing a new thing in the earth.  You cannot go back to wearing the old ones without getting dirty.

Some people, like children, will get angry that you have these new shoes.  They will want to push you away.

Some will be jealous that you have the new shoes, and they don’t!  Some will see them and weep that they cast you aside.

Others will be totally hostile to the new WALK I have catapulted you into.”

Then I saw someone taking off a shoe and pounding it on a short table.

It made me remember something from very long ago, when Kruschev pounded his shoe on the table at the U.N. in anger.  I remember he was yelling.

“Recognize, my sons and daughters, that when I tell you to do something with your new shoes on, that it may be HARD.

It may be difficult.  Some may get angry and yell at you.  But do not take it personally.

When they were angry with me in the Temple in My own village, they wanted to kill me, but My Father provided the way of escape from their hands.

And so will I provide the way of slipping through their fingers, of the ones who desire to cause harm to you.  Be unafraid of them, for I AM Your rear guard!”

“John answered, saying to all, “I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire,”   Luke 3:16 NKJV.

Continue reading from Source: New Shoes for My Outcasts ~ by Priscilla Van Sutphin