"SET YOUR MINDS!"

Colossians 3:1-4                 (ESV)
"1 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."


Has anyone ever told you that "you act just like your parent"?  They may say you act just like your mom or dad, but their objective is to let you know you have so many characteristics of that person that you put them in remembrance of that person.

The Apostle Paul was trying to get this point across to the church at Colossae.  Scripture tells us to "SET YOUR MINDS" on things that are in Heaven, not on things that are temporal and pragmatic.  The things that are "of this world" will be so "foreign" in the next world that we will wonder why we even bothered with acquiring them.

The glory that we currently enjoy in Christ can in no way compare to the glory that awaits us when we are joined with HIM in glory.  For this reason, Paul instructs us to "SET YOUR MINDS" on those things that are above, and not on the problems that temporarily beset us.  We can make a mountain of a mole hill with worry and scheming, or we can live in Christ and let HIM assure us with HIS plan for us!

When we "SET YOUR MINDS" on HIM, we are choosing to give up control of our lives and place our trust in HIM.  We should have no worries when we are dependent on The LORD for our sustenance.  When our minds are focused on worldly problems the enemy is accomplishing his objective, which is to get us focused on anything but JESUS CHRIST.  This is a spiritual war (Ephesians 6:12) and if we "SET YOUR MINDS" on HIM and HIS glory, the enemy loses!!!