Neither genuine nor emulated faith will work wonders unless you follow through with action. As even the Bible states quite simply, faith without works (meaning action) is dead. Why? Because action is the way you say to the universe, ‘Look, I really do have faith and I really am expecting to get results.’ People who don’t take action can pray, visualize, affirm, chant and meditate all day long, but they will seldom, if ever, get the results they want.
It doesn’t matter what you want to change, be it your income, sex life, love life, career, attitude, state of health or family relationships, taking action is the key to success. Faith – whether real or emulated – is like a bundle of dynamite sticks. It has power but no ignition. Actions provide the sparks which can ignite that dynamite and create real and lasting change in your life.
Remember, action is you taking control. If you want more money then it is easier to go out and get it than it is to make it come to you. Both methods work from a metaphysical point of view, but going out and getting it – the pro-active choice – is almost always the faster route to manifestation.
Spiritual stories and parables found in all major religious texts talk of Masters taking action in addition to meditating or praying. When Jesus of Nazareth wanted a coin to pay his taxes, he didn’t just sit on his faith and ask God to send him a dime. Instead he took his faith and arranged for a fish to be caught. When the fish was opened up, there was the coin he needed for the tax-man. The end result of having a coin manifest in his life was no less miraculous because of the action he had taken – it was just a lot easier that way.
You too have this choice in your life. You can study, do your affirmations, visualize your desires and so on without taking action, and in ten years time the chances are that you will still be where you are now.
Or you could continue studying, affirming and visualizing, but ignite these faith works with action. Join a gym if you want to lose weight and get in shape. Start a savings plan if you want to buy a new car. Get a better job or start your own business if you want more income. Smile more if you want to feel happier and experience more joy in your life. Quit smoking if you want to stop worrying about cancer. And so on. If you take this route then in ten years the change will be enormous. It’s a fact.
