Setting your Focus Above.

Setting your Focus Above.

Easter is my favorite day to celebrate above all other days. The amazing truth of how God reached down from his throne in the heavens to save us through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, his only Son.

I also love the challenges to our pattern of thinking from the impact of this day. Realizing that God reached out to us and invited us to call on him begs the response of "What should I do?", and, "How should I think?". Colossians 3:1-4 gives some great admonitions in this regard.

Colossians 3:1-4

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. [2]Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. [3]For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. [4]When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

God showed us a glimpse of heaven in the life of his Son and told us to set our hearts and passions on things above. Because those are the things that matter. When we set our core self to the pursuit of a deepening relationship with Christ, our outlook dramatically changes.

1, We see ourselves from God's viewpoint. (Valued, forgiven, restored, and made holy).

2. We consider service to others as natural and important to the outcomes God desires.

3. Our basic hopes in this world are founded upon the day we will see Jesus face to face. Our hopes will drive our thoughts and actions.

It says our lives are hidden with Christ in God which speaks loudly about our security and reason to focus upward. As we establish our minds to realizing this truth, our lives have much deeper hope and challenge. The almighty calls us to think upward.

Here is to hoping you have an upward thinking week.

God bless and pass this on !

His Servsnt ,


Jeff Dyk