View from the Summit

Here are five things I have learned about spirituality or connecting with a higher power:

1) Die to self

2) Don't try it in your own strength

3) Don't place your identity in your work or stuff

4) My ways are not always God's ways.

5) If God wants this to be part of His plan, He will provide the tools and resources.

This is a guest post by Dan Miller. He is the author of 48 Days to the Work You Love. You can read his blog and explore his community at 48Days.net. You can also follow him on Twitter. 

I talk to people each week who desperately long for a new job or would like to start their own business.  But when I suggest they invest in a coaching session or a $17 book they recoil in horror.  Some state that they don’t want to spend any time or money – they just want me to tell them what to do. A recent 48 Days to the Work You Love purchaser wrote “I don’t want to spend the time figuring out how to use this book.  Isn’t there an easier way?”  I apologized that I didn’t know any real shortcut – he’d have to actually read the book and apply it to his situation. 

 Here's another "top 5" list to help kick your week off right. Enjoy!

1. Don't try to do it all today.
2. Start today, usually tomorrow never happens.
3. Eat the ugliest frog first. 
4. Get a general consensus from a trusted few because we have blind spots.
5. Trust your spouse on many things because they know you better than anyone. She has a 6th sense that you don't have.

REASON 1: As a Christ follower first and foremost, you have to know Him personally and realize His divine authority over all creation.

You cannot grow alone when the supreme heavenly father has a unique plan for your life.

God reveals our life incrementally as we follow him on a daily basis and cultivate our faith. God orders our steps as we diligently search his will. Other Christians are a great source of strength and wisdom and the Bible clearly tells us to forsake not the assembling of the saints.

Corporate worship is a God directed plan that helps us spiritually mature and allows for interaction with other believers. During immense study and prayer our true motives are revealed and hopefully humility is exercised.

Realizing we are simply stewards over what God has entrusted in us will cause extreme care in the way we prepare to handle our resources. Being aware of Gods grace and compassion will create in us a desire to honor our fellow man in a way that we want to be treated.