“The most important thing in life is to decide what is most important!”

How true that is. Every moment of every day we give our time and energy to something. The question is, do we give our time to WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT? Think about it. Will the places you put your attention and efforts today take you closer to, or farther away, from your dreams? Will the decisions you make create more confusion and pain, or less? Will the way you implement God’s Word bring you more confidence in God, or less? 

Instead of looking for some deep, mystical, hidden answer to bring joy and peace to our lives, we should simply look to the Word of God. When we came to Jesus, our Christian walk was supposed to be a journey of becoming disciples. A disciple builds his or her life on the lessons and principles of the teacher. We are to build our lives on the teachings of the Lord Jesus. So the answer to our dilemma is ALWAYS FOUND IN HIM, His finished work, His Word, and His example.

All of God’s Word is important, but like everything else in life, there are ’ critical factors.’ Critical factors are truths that are so broad in scope that they affect nearly every area of our lives. There are other principles that, when applied, affect many areas of our lives. Then are still other principles that, when observed, solve only one problem. THE CRITICAL FACTORS SOLVE A WIDE SCOPE OF PROBLEMS. When we examine the Word, we find what I call ” The Critical Factors for Spiritual Life.” These are areas we should observe as top priority. Critical Factors for Spiritual Life are those factors in which you cannot afford to fail. 

You see, emotional pain can become a window to the world. We look at everything around us and judge it in light of our past pain. Unfortunately, gazing through this framework creates an endless cycle of new pain and a constant struggles. For a person in pain, the past equals the future. Life becomes a series of reoccurring pains that never seems to end.

Once we are free from pain, the world looks different and our experience becomes different. When living in a place of peace and freedom from fear of future pain, we make new decisions and establish an entirely new basis for life. In the absence of distorted thinking, we can indentify the critical factors for life. Walking with God becomes ” easy and light “, just as Jesus promised (Matt. 11:30 )