"Beautiful Feet"

I was just enjoying some time in Miami by the pool the other day, relaxing, reading a good book, and listening to some music.  This song, "Beautiful Feet" came on & it really got me thinking...Lecrae always seems to do that!  The song isn't that long, but I've just included & highlighted in bold the parts that struck me the most...

"Carlos was born in killa cali was walking down an alley
and caught a bullet in his head that left him bleeding badly.
He lost everything at that moment except his life
he lost his hearing lost his movement and he lost his sight
he laid there in a coma but man nobody cared
the Gospel preached in his neighborhood? Nobody dared
But los got up out the coma got and was able to hear
a missionary shared the gospel to his open ears
He got saved got trained got discipled
back to hood you could find em preaching the bible
He led a homie to Christ from his same hood
part of Church plant come on now aint his name good
This is blessing but Im stressing that this is not the norm
we need leaders and belivers to help carry it on
but who would minister in a sinister part of town
I pray if Jesus is calling you that you would be found
 ...
the feet are beautiful if only they'd go
if aint nobody in hood preaching how will they know?
somebody please plant a church in [the] projects. 
...

I pray that more would be burdened to have beautiful feet
you never knew the streets but truth is what you preach
I pray to God you'd be burdened for beautiful feet
Go, go, go (run with those beautiful feet)
Go, go, go
You hold the truth that saves so run and shout it to the world
They can't believe in something they ain't never heard
Go, go, go and run with those beautiful feet." Beautiful Feet by Lecrae






I think this song especially speaks to me because more and more I am convicted that God has placed a special call upon my heart to work in the hood, in the streets, on the block.  Although I may not have the story that Carlos does & I didn't grow up in the hood, somehow God will give me credibility  in the streets...maybe people listen to me  because I'm crazy & they're thinking, 'Who is this crazy girl & what is she doin' up in here on the block?'  For whatever reason, I pray that God will empower me to use my "beautiful feet" to reach young kids, tweens, teens, and their families. 

What a powerful way to describe ministry & evangelism...the imagery of "beautiful feet."  I love it!  Christ calls us to go & make disciples of all nations.  In order to go, we have to use the "beautiful feet" God gave us to make the journey....and through the power of the Holy Spirit, the journey will be beautiful...the journey will not be easy (as this song portrays), but it will be beautiful.  Indeed it will be beautiful.   



lyrics taken from -  http://www.lyricsbay.com/beautiful_feet_lyrics-lecrae_f_dawntoya.html