Article August 25, 2003 Issue

Let God direct your life

By Ron Ballard

MANY THINGS IN LIFE can look as if they're beyond our control—a business in trouble, a health crisis, or a relationship that's in a downward spiral. Regaining control begins, I believe, with changing our standpoint of reasoning about our lives—from a material to a spiritual basis.

Reasoning from a material standpoint often leads to the conclusion that what affects our lives is "out there somewhere," such as another person or a set of circumstances. But reasoning from a spiritual standpoint turns us to what is always within us—the reign of God, or divine Principle.

Think what a difference it would make if we began with the assumption that there is actually a divine Principle, or wisdom, that governs life. It would certainly mean, just by virtue of what we know a principle to be, that there's more dependability in life—that we can count on consistent outcomes.