This is the only direct reference to the Lord’s sandals but removing them was the job of the lowliest servant. In sandalled feet He walked the streets and even the surface of the sea. At Calvary His sandals were removed, not by a humble servant with respect, but done brutally and with scant regard to the person of the Son of God. The feet that had brought the gospel of peace were pierced and nailed—yet from them flowed life to all who believe.
In effortless dominion of the skies,
He walked above the circle of the heaven,
Yet now, in shoes that no man e’er unties,
Descends to wear what fallen man has given.
Until a soldier did what none had done,
Untied or snapped each lace and tossed aside
The sandals worn by God’s beloved Son,
Then nailed those feet, and watched him till He died.
(Andy McIlree)
