There has been a car commercial that has caught my eye over the past few weeks. In this car commercial the narrator says the phrase, "sometimes it is what you see looking back at you that truly moves you forward." We have been doing a series at our Women's Ministry this year called Mirror Mirror and I think that is why this commercial visually stood out to me. It is a flowing, melodic picture of a beautiful car moving through many mirrored scenes, and of course in the commercial the driver is moving elegantly forward into promise and hope and destiny.   

But it was the phrase that arrested my spirit. "It is what you see looking back at you that truly moves you forward." This phrase has caused me to ponder the way many of us go through life as believers. I want to highlight two keys for growth in our faith journey which we must be intentional about pursuing and taking hold of by faith if we want to go after purpose.

Key number one is that if...