"When we pray, we move our feet"

At the base of the Edmund Pettis Bridge is a plaque with John Lewis' picture and the African proverb that he famously quoted, "When we pray, we move our feet". What a fitting place for that quote. Lewis prayed for justice in the face of segregation, but he didn't then sit back and wait for those prayers to be answered. He listened for how God intended to work through him to answer that prayer. He moved his feet in the direction of his prayer...even if that meant moving his feet straight towards Alabama State troopers with clubs and tear gas. And because he dared to move his feet in the direction of his prayer, God answered his prayer powerfully.

As I thought about that standing there I prayed through the Lord's Prayer which I recite often. I went through that prayer line by line asking myself how each line I pray should direct my feet in practical action. I invite you to spend some time either individually or as a family praying through the Lord's Prayer together too and celebrate how your feet are already moving or consider how God is asking you to move them. We need to be people who move our feet in the direction of our prayer.