If then you were raised with Christ, seek those
things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set
your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your
life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then
you also will appear with Him in glory. Colossians 3:1-4
Many days I wake up
thankful for a fresh new start. A new
day, a do-over, new mercies every morning.
I am constantly striving to make things different in my life, to make
them better. I never feel like I have
arrived and mostly find myself too exhausted to keep going. So, I go to bed to
start again tomorrow.
Are you as weary as
I am? Are you ready for a new life, a
new beginning? We as Christians can
become a “new man” through Jesus
Christ. The “If then…” in the
scripture above poses the question of Are
You? Are you a born-again believer,
Are you a child of God? This passage
is a challenge for us to become what we have been empowered to be. We have the marks of a new creation on us.
A Life Marked
The company
Microsoft has a slogan that asks, "Where
do you want to go today?" It’s
a good spiritual question to be asked of ourselves every day. Deciding where you want go also decides what
direction we want to go.
“Every
day you get up without a purpose, a goal and a plan you will live someone
else’s.”
Two great tools for Satan are
distraction and procrastination. He
does not have to get me to say I am not going to do something…just that I am not
going to do it today. Safeguard yourself
against Satan’s tactics by seeking the things of God's design, desire, and
direction. If then you were
raised with Christ, seek those things which are above…
- Seek
first the Kingdom of God.
- Seek
the things of God.
- Put
heaven's priorities into practice every day.
- Setting
the direction - Set your mind on the direction to go.
- Concentrate
on the eternal and not the temporary.
- Seek
and set sights on that above, not below.
For you died, and
your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears,
then you also will appear with Him in glory
- For you died means
that we have died to self and we are covered and concealed in Christ. We should have as little desire for this
world as a dead person would have.
A daily dose of dying to self would allow us to see life from God’s
perspective more freely.
Scripture to Claim:
I affirm, brethren,
by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
1 Corinthians 15:31
1 Corinthians 15:31
