Colossians 3:1-4
“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.”
It is interesting that at the end of Chapter 2, Paul tells the people at Colosse what they should not do in light of the fact that they have died with Christ. Now he tells them what they should do in light of the fact that they have been raised with Christ. There are two things that we are to do, set our hearts and our minds on the things above. Our affections and our thoughts. How do we shift our affections onto Christ? Maybe the order of heart and mind gives us a hint. Perhaps we shift our affections by shifting our thoughts. I wonder if the reason I don’t value Christ enough is because I don’t spend enough time thinking about how valuable He is?? When He is speaking about setting our hearts and minds on things above, He is talking about Christ. This is where we are to focus (thank-you Paul for reminding us of this truth yet one more time!!!). I wonder if He knew how easy it was for us to be distracted??? Why should we do this??? Because we died to ourselves, and now we are with Christ, and we will be with Him. He is our reality. He is our everything. This is it. We are Christs, we are not this world’s. Lord, I pray that I would actualize what is true, that I am yours, that my life is not about this world, but
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Hey Sid
Wondering if you want to join Korey and I? We're doing Romans 1 and just started. I noticed that noone's sharing your devo's with you so... Just a thought.
oops, never mind. didn't realize that beezer was doing it with you.
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