Looking Past What Is On Earth

Colossians 3:1-4 (ESV)

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. [2] Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. [3] For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. [4] When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. 

We are encouraged to set our minds on things that are above and not on the things that are on earth. This passage of scripture reminds us that we have died to our old self and have been raised with Christ. Do you see the logic trail?

Note: Get your Bible out and look up the passages.

What does this world have to offer us (1 John 2:15-16)? When we have been raised with Christ what do we have to look forward to (1 Peter 1:4)? What’s going to happen to what the world has to offer (2 Peter 3:10) as opposed to what we have in Christ?

In this time of gift giving and receiving; in this time of a faltering economy and in this time of low job security try to keep your focus on your inheritance in Christ. There are so many things that can make us lose our focus (Matthew 14:29-31), but our Lord Jesus Christ will always be there for us regardless of the storms that are around us – the storms brought about by a fallen world.