Set Your Mind...

“Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.” Colossians 2:6-7

Colossians 2:6-7 sets the stage for Paul’s appeal to the believers at Colosse, to realize the potential of their new life in Christ - an appeal which would not be lost on many Christians today. Read these verses in your Bible - now.

Ask yourself this question: where am I in reaching God’s potential for me? Possibly you are one of those who feels just a little defeated from time to time. Paul’s urgent message is for you: “Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.” Colossians 3:1-2

You know your citizenship is in heaven. That was settled the moment you believed. Now Paul says - continue. Experience your potential by continuing to seek the things above. This seeking involves an act of the will. Decide to grow in your Christian experience. Again Paul says: Set your mind on the things above. You are to set both will and mind on things above. This does not mean you are to continually think of heaven (the place), rather on spiritual reality. In so doing, you will gain God’s perspective and your motivations will please Him.

Ask God to help you during the next three days to identify and evaluate those things you fill your mind with. Are they helpful in gaining God’s perspective? In reaching the potential He has given you?