SHOES OF PEACE

Ephesians 6:15 (NIV) and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.

In Sunday school as a child you heard this piece of armor referred to as the shoes of peace, and while we all want world peace, that is not the peace that this speaks of. Peace can only come to our hearts through the hearing of the gospel, repentance and submission. When we become a part of God's family through the Lord Jesus Christ, he sends the Holy Spirit to abide in us that imparts to us the peace of God; it imparts a peace that is beyond understanding to the world. (See John 14:23-31)
We could not and cannot create this peace in ourselves because we were separated from God and within ourselves we warred with Him, but Jesus made peace with God for us when He bled and died for our sins of His own accord. (See Col. 1:20)
Note that the verse says 'fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel (good news) of peace'. We were told by Jesus to go into all of the world to preach and teach the good news. (See Matthew 28:18-20) Unless we get ready, how can we go? Unless we are willing to take the first step, how will we do what is asked of us?
Examine yourself, do you have a peace that others in the world outside the body of believers just can't perceive of. If not, re-evaluate your repentance and submission. Maybe you are trying to do it on your own and are still warring within yourself. You can't put on the shoes if they aren't yours to wear.