HIS SHOE SIZE FIT ...

Some years back, I heard a story of a man who had great faith. I do not really remember the story clearly but I know I can tell the main bits of the story to make a point. I have no idea if the story is true but am glad I got to hear it and share it with you guys.
There was this man who had a disease that ate his feet and for a long time he could not wear shoes, or even had no hope of ever knowing the comfort of wearing shoes. In pain and suffering, he bared it all, knowing that there is nothing much to hope for, but to just pray that perhaps the pain would go away. One day, there was a crusade in his hometown. He decided to attend the crusade meeting not knowing, that this would be a life changing experience for him. Throughout the crusade all he heard the men of God preach was about faith that can move mountains, faith of a mustard seed that when sown on the ground it is the smallest of all seeds upon the earth but when it grows it brings forth much more than any other tree. This guy received that word right there and when he came out of that crusade he went to a shoe shop and asked for shoes his previous size that he used to wear before his feet were eaten up by the disease. Now the attendants thought he was crazy and whispered among each other wondering what they should say to this man who has no feet but is ordering shoes to wear for his feet.to make matters worse this guy ordered for socks to match too and when the attendant brought him the sock he wore the socks and when the shoes came he wore it as if there were feet in them and guess what happened? Yes the unthinkable, unexpected and unimaginable, this guy got feet.
When i heard of this story, i remembered the story of Naaman in 2Kings5 when Elisha asked him to go and deep his body in the Jordan River seven times, his miracle had already been ordered but what Naaman needed was to have the faith and do something about it.
This other guy yes he got the faith but he needed to get up and do something about it. He had to get out of his comfort zone of self-pity and shame and do something about. There are so many stories in the bible of amazing people who believed in God and went out of their way to do something about their situation to receive. The story of the lady who bled for twelve years is also one. This lady who was considered unclean could have remained in her house and fill her mind and body with things that the devil wanted her to believe. That she is unclean, unworthy and not even qualified to go meet Jesus but just the little step of her getting out in the public  and knowing the greater good of what God can do healed her.
Faith with works pleases God and yes though He knows before you ask...you going out of your way to work in your faith to please God and shows that you are ready to receive what you ask for.