Things Above
Set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
(Colossians 3:1)
“The command…implies there is nothing automatic about setting our minds on Heaven. In fact, most commands assume a resistance to obeying them, which sets up the necessity for the command.
We are told to avoid sexual immorality because it is our tendency. We are not told to avoid jumping off buildings because normally we don’t battle such a temptation.
The command to think about Heaven is under attack in a hundred different ways every day. Everything militates against it.
Our minds are so much set on Earth that we are unaccustomed to heavenly thinking. So we must work at it.
What have you been doing daily to set your mind on things above, to seek Heaven?
What should you do differently”
(Heaven, by Randy Alcorn, p. 21)
