5 MAY 23 Friday: A Closer Walk Devotional
“Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.” Colossians 3:1-3
There is a saying, ‘Don’t be so heavenly-minded that you are of no earthly good’. This passage has a different take. When Jesus comes into your life, you will be transformed from glory to glory. Your heart will change. Your hunger and passion will shift from the things and ideas of this world to God. You will find ultimate satisfaction and peace in God himself.
Your mindset will change. Like the hymn says, ‘the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace’. Your focus naturally goes where your heart is located. Jesus says, ‘Wherever your treasure is, there your heart will be also”. When you are saved, Jesus turns your goals and drive toward things that really matter. We focus on him and his desires for us. We are shaped into his image by the work of the Holy Spirit.
Our human nature is cut out and a new nature is put into us and we are given new clothes to wear. It is like putting on a uniform in the military, in that your identity and purpose are different. Paul has to tell us what God expects when we put on this holy and righteous uniform. We are acknowledging that the old is dead and the new has come, and we embrace all the things that are important to God. As we follow his lead, we are transformed into his likeness thereby bringing glory to God. In turn, we have the peace of God and joy forever.
When you become heavenly-minded, you really become an earthly good. Your life brings more of heaven to earth.
Are you focused on the realities of heaven or earth?
Reading Plan: Psalm 40, 54; Prov. 5; Col. 3:1-11; Luke 7:1-17
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