As we live life we face decisions, situations, and challenges everyday.  So how do we find God’s truth and direction in our lives? For our ministries? For our families? For our friends? For our financial decisions? I think we should do a 3 step process in order to make the right decisions in life.

1. LOOK UP

Looking up has to do with turning to God for ALL our needs and questions. So many times we turn to God as a last resort, but He should be the number one thing determining our decisions and values in life! We don’t turn to the stars, we don’t turn to a “feelings” guru, Oprah, or anything else. We need to look up to God first and foremost in order to get on the right track! He is the giver of ALL things and desires to show us His path.

2. LOOK OUT

We then need to look out around us and surround ourselves with lifters not sifters. Sifters bring us down into the low places but Lifters lift us high above the junk. Lifters use their abilities and go above their circumstances and issues. We need to surround ourselves with the right people and the right kind of thinking! You will never go anywhere if you are surrounded by complainers and takers that are not givers!

3. LOOK IN

So many people believe in God but not in themselves. They think God could never use them for something GREAT! But God is into the business of taking nothing and making something! You have to look within yourself and know that you are a child of the most high God! You have to know that God can USE YOU to change the world! He isn’t looking for ability He is looking for availability from the hearts of people! So believe that you have what it takes to accomplish something great and don’t tear yourself down with stinking thinking.  Focus on what you have, not what you don’t have.  Take what you have and make it better.