Colossians 3:1-4
1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
Since we died to the principles of the fallen world and have been spiritually resurrected with Christ, our focus must be on things we do here that matter from here to eternity. When we set our eyes on Christ as Lord, high and lifted up on heaven’s throne as the sovereign ruler, then we begin thinking differently about what we dwell on and do in this life. If our focus is not on transitory and self-seeking desires but on God-pleasing attitudes and actions, then that eternal focus begins to seek God’s glory and will. Remember, we died with Christ for our sin, our disobedience against the holy God, and so are live now in Christ. In Him means not just covered in justifying blood, but also in His life and will. When He appears again in the end and we stand before Him in that glory, we will know that He is our life who rescued us from death and the justice of judgement executed on our disobedience. This is why we strive to seek out and live for the things above, where He is. Not things turning to dust which do not please Him.
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