"SET THEIR MINDS!"

Romans 8:5-9                            (ESV)
"5 For those who live according to the flesh "SET THEIR MINDS" on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the SPIRIT "SET THEIR MINDS" on the things of the SPIRIT.
6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the SPIRIT is life and peace.
7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to GOD, for it does not submit to GOD's law; indeed, it cannot.
8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please GOD.
9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the SPIRIT, if in fact the SPIRIT of GOD dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the SPIRIT of CHRIST does not belong to HIM."



There are those in "this world" who seem to be obsessed with the temporal things that will fade away.  There are also those who have "SET THEIR MINDS" on the things of death and strife.  There are a few of us (Believers) who have "SET OUR MINDS) on the things of the SPIRIT, things that are eternal.

The word "zealots" can be used to describe those who are avid supporters of a cause.  The term is described in one dictionary as a "fanatic"!  Being referred to as a "zealot" is not a bad thing if you are connected to the right thing.  However, when someone isn't connected to the right thing, being known as a "zealot" usually is not a desired label.  The "things of the flesh" is death, while the things of the SPIRIT" is life and peace!

Making sure we are those who "SET THEIR MINDS" on the things of the SPIRIT is paramount in our lives.  There have been far more times than there should have been that I have been swept up by the crowd, and gone along, just to get along!  Had I "SET THEIR MINDS" on the things of the SPIRIT, maybe I wouldn't have been swayed so easily.  The enemy was recognized by JESUS in John 8:43-44 when HE said to the scribes and Pharisees "Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear MY word.  You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies".  Now the scribes and Pharisees were of Jewish descent, so being born of the SPIRIT has nothing to do with what nationality we are born into, or what race we are, or whether we are rich or poor, rather whether or not we have been BORN AGAIN (John 3:3)!

When our eyes have been opened to see the TRUTH and we "SET OUR MINDS" on the things of the SPIRIT, then we know that we are connected to the right thing.  Revelation 20:13-14 plainly states who wins in the end.  FEAR should never enter our vocabulary as we serve the LORD JESUS CHRIST!  Now that is something to "SET YOUR MINDS" on!!!