Our Minds on the Above Things (TMF:1165)

Friday, July 05, 2019
Peace to Live By: Our Minds on the Above Things (TMF:1165) - Daniel Litton
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       Let us recall what the Apostle Paul taught in Colossians 3, and this is an important verse for us. He said, “If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God” (3:1-3, ESV). When we create our list of verses for our identify in Christ, when we think about and speak these verses out loud, and even to God in prayer, that helps us to “seek the things that are above.” That helps us to “set [our] minds on things that are above.” When we set our focus right, it allows us to better accomplish the works that God has for us. It enables us to have more and more victory over sin in our lives. We can keep our minds at a higher level than the natural man, than those who don’t know Jesus. We can have and use wisdom in our lives. As Paul told the Ephesians, we become "“renewed in the spirit of [our] minds” (Ephesians 4:23, ESV).