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Window-shopping may be fun for some people, but it seems pretty pointless to me.  If you see and can’t spend, it’s torture; if see and can spend, just finish the job – make the purchase!

 

Would you slap God in the face?  Hardly, we answer but that’s exactly what we do when we choose personal preference over obedience to Him.  Window-shopping is exactly what got Eve into trouble!  “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.” (Genesis 3:6)  Eve’s unwise conversation with the serpent (Satan-in-disguise) introduced doubt that Almighty God was withholding something beneficial from her and Adam.  Doubt always leads to discontent which leads to denial that God is our greater good.  The mindset of we-want-what-we-want will always win over obedience when we take our eyes off Christ and His beautiful sufficiency.  Believer, stand fast in the Word of God and see The Creator as all-sufficient.  When we do, we’ll find ourselves doing less and less … window shopping in this world.