For the past 24 hours the Lord has been saying, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” (Exodus 3:5). Over and over again I am hearing, “Tell my people, take off your shoes, the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

We are a go kind of people. If someone says something we don’t like we go find another friend. If we don’t like the prices of a product, we go to another store. If we don’t agree with the Pastor of the church we are in, we find another church. If we don’t think we are in love any more we go find another mate. Nothing in society is holy any more. Everything is treated as common and so we have no reason to stay anywhere.

The Lord is saying to us HIs people, “Take off your shoes, where you are standing is holy ground.” What ground is holy? Holy means something that is set apart. This can be a relationship, a place, a person, a room in your house, it depends in some cases and in other cases it is biblical.

Marriage is holy ground (Hebrews 13:4). Take off your shoes, no running away from your covenant partner. Covenant friendships are holy ground, stop running away out of offense for the Bible says, wounds from a friend can be trusted (Proverbs 27:6). Churches that preach the truth about Jesus Christ are holy ground (Matthew 16:18). The Bible is holy ground (Hebrews 4:12), take off your shoes, stopping running away from the word of God.

We know that when we take our shoes off it “grounds” us. We do it so we can be grounded physically as we should, but we also need to take off our shoes, so we are grounded in marriage, friendship, church, the Word of God. Friends, the Lord is saying, take off your shoes, stop running away, the places you are standing are holy ground. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org