Everything In Perspective

From: Greg Laurie Ministries

 

Colossians 3:2 "Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth."

"Set your mind" means to engage in a diligent, active, single-minded investigation. This could be translated "think" or "“have this inner disposition." In other words, Paul was saying, "Think heaven. Think about heaven more." The verb Paul used was in the present tense. So Paul was saying that we need to constantly keep seeking and thinking about heaven.

Some of us seldom have a single thought about heaven or eternity. Yet if we are living as we ought to live as Christians, then we will think about it. Heaven is not a metaphor for a state of mind; heaven is a real place, according to Scripture. And it is the dwelling place of God himself. Jesus said, "I go to prepare a place for you." (John 14:2)

What is troubling you right now? There is always hope, and the hope is in God. If you have put your faith in Christ, then you have the ultimate hope of heaven. One day, you will be with the Lord. And that should put everything in perspective.

 

C. S. Lewis wrote, "A continual looking forward to the eternal world is not (as some modern people think) a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do."