Monday, May 16, 2022
Lord, many whom You invite come to You despite knowing little about the things of God or what it means to be a Christ-follower. We didn’t fully understand everything about You, we just know You did something inside us that this corrupt world could never do. Even though we’re a new person (2 Corinthians 5:17), You still left us with free will and the power to choose. This should be stunning for all believers. You didn’t want robots, mindlessly following Your instructions—no questions asked. Instead, You trusted us to make the right choices exercising our new-found faith. New and seasoned believers make a choice every day—”what will my mind dwell on today?”
Colossians 3:1 instructs Christ-followers to set our minds not on the things of this world but on the “realities of Heaven.” Scripture urges believers to be aware of the events unfolding in the world, just don’t dwell on them 24/7. In Christ, our spiritual eyes are opened and we view the world differently than we did before. We set our minds on the “realities of Heaven” since those are eternal values. Heaven is where Christ is, reigning and ruling over the universe. These earthly troubles are temporal. They’ve been coming and going, provoking and irritating mankind since that ugly snake incident in the Garden of Eden.
There is a solution. Consistently choosing to think and meditate on the eternal amid the brokenness of this world builds mountain-moving faith and strengthens our endurance to persevere under the hardships we all face here.
Lord Jesus, help me follow Scripture and set my thoughts on the eternal, on the realities of Heaven. The glories of Heaven greatly outshine the temporal junk in this fallen world. Amen.
THANKFUL 
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