“Dressed for Faith”

My husband and I were watching one of our favorite movies together last Sunday night: "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe." I know there are many parallels that can be made from this movie, but this one struck me as brilliant for where I am right now and for where I believe the body of Christ to be right now. In one particular scene Lucy, my favorite character in this movie, just came back from seeing Narnia for the first time; she has shared what she saw with her siblings but no one believes her and one sibling even made fun of her. In the next scene it shows Lucy getting up in the night; as she sits up on her bed she looks down at her house slippers and some boots – she chooses to put on the boots… It got me thinking, how many times do I hear something from God or see something in His Word that I know to be true but I dress in the slippers instead of the boots? Not only did Lucy believe what she saw regardless of the response she got from others, she chose to dress appropriately for what she knew she saw. It caused my husband and me to have a great conversation about how we are "dressed." It is good to take stock of what I believe and then to see if I am walking in the way that is conducive to receiving what I believe. How many times do we say we believe something but we are wearing the slippers instead of the required boots? If we really believe then we must dress appropriately in that. Are our actions lining up with what we claim to believe? Is my life lining up with what I claim to believe? There is something in me that continues to tell me that God is up to something amazing right now and I long to be a significant part of that. Am I ready? Am I dressed accordingly? Am I dressed in prayer, time in the Word or Godly relationships? Am I dressed in a right attitude that is seeking God in spite of what I see with my natural eyes? Am I dressed as an encourager of God's Word or am I complaining? We always have a choice, at every crossroad there is a choice. Am I going to choose the slippers or the boots? Am I going to go for what I know to be true or am I going to shrink back? My vote – let the slippers lie under the bed, put on the boots and run into the territory you know that God is showing you to take! Make the choice to dress according to your faith in every area of your life.