Where is Your Mind Looking?

“Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”
- Colossians 3:2

Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home. - C. S. Lewis

Do you ever feel like Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde? There is this tension inside of you. Paul shows us the internal battle in Romans 7. There is this tension inside of us to make Godly choices but somehow we find ourselves making bad choices. He says it is because of the sin that dwells inside of us. This sin and our fallen flesh constantly lead us to focus on ourselves, to keep our eyes off of Jesus, and ultimately have our minds set on things of this earth.

“If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.”
- C.S. Lewis

We need a mind that is set on things above, an eternal perspective. As we read in Colossians 3 we are to put to death what is earthly in us, to put on a mind that is set on things above. Do you realize the eternal impact you can have right now? Do you know that this life is not about you? It is about a an awesome God who is redeeming people and he wants to use you! Will you pray for an eternal perspective? Will you set your mind on things above? No matter what you’ve done will keep you from being ineffective for the kingdom of God if you surrender your will to him. We need a constant realignment, a mind, heart, and soul that is focused on an eternal kingdom instead of an earthly one. Can you imagine that? What if everyone in your Church had this mind? What impact would you have? It starts with you, God wants to use you, will you look to the eternal with your mind?

Further Reading: Colossians 3, Romans 7