on things above

One of the few things we have control over is what we set our minds on...to think about...to consider.  Unsurprisingly, our minds tend to fall naturally to our basic desires.  Unfortunately, our basic desires are often more in line with unhealthy aspects of our nature than healthy ones.  We need some "lift" in our mental orientation to raise our thoughts to the grander view of heaven.  We are encouraged in Colossians, chapter 3 verse 2 to "set your minds on the things above, not on the things that are on earth".  There is some marvelous motivation to do this in verses 3 and 4: "For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.  When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory."  So we really ought to look up and reflect on the reality of God and His marvelous presence within our frames.  When we have come to know Jesus as savior and Lord we actually have "died" in one sense to the confines of an earthly life and doorways have opened to expand our vistas.  We don't leave the earth right away but now we can see all that is around us as the expression of our great Creator whom we also know as the lover of our souls.  Later in Colossians (3:23,24) we are given guidance that goes beyond what we think to what we do.  "Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance It is the Lord Christ whom you serve."  Thinking and Doing...that covers a lot of territory!  Blessings to you in your thoughts and actions today.

 

Rob Smith