Happy Motivational Monday, my love!
It's the first Monday of February! I like to call it, the 'LOVE' month!
A few months after I graduated from college, I went to live in Knoxville, TN. I landed a job and spent the next 9 months planning my next move. My sister and I would ride around the city on the weekends looking at luxury homes. We just knew at some point in time that we would own one of our own. Looking back, I now have an official title for that aggressive pursuit to look at houses we would soon own. I like to call it, 'Faith Shopping!' I saw this term on Instagram a few months ago and wanted to elaborate and share it with you guys.
According to Hebrews 11:1, "...faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen!' We have to activate our faith in getting the things we are called to have in life BUT we also have to act. "...faith without works is dead,' James 2:14. I recently bought a new car a few days after the new year. A week before I went to the dealership, I searched the dealership's web page to get an idea of what I might like. I found a few vehicles in my price range but there was one in particular that struck my fancy. I went to the dealer a few days later to test drive the ones I had found online. I fell in love with a Buick SUV but it was a little too small for my needs. I test drove a few more and felt like I wasn't finding anything I could really drive long term. Right before I gave up, the car salesman brought out the Ford that I saw online for me to test drive. Honestly, I had forgotten about it. It turns out that it was THE one. It was a limited edition sedan and had everything I could dream of having in a car! After test driving it, I bought it that same day! God is so good!!
Moral of the story, we have to manifest our faith! If I had not gotten on the car website, I would have never known about the sedan I would later end up buying. We have to make a conscious effort of acting on our faith day in and day out. We cannot just hope for it. We have to literally go and get it. There have been times in my life where I needed a new job for whatever reason and I have gotten dressed and physically taken my resume around to businesses in the area. Calling and applying online were just not enough. If you need a new washing machine, go to Lowe's and look at your favorite ones. Faith Shopping can be applied to anything that you have faith for. It is literally THE most fun and rewarding thing you can do. HAPPY Faith Shopping!!
