I want to destroy a deadly myth. One so subtle that it hardly seems dangerous. But one so lethal it would delude our faith and damage our walk with Christ. What is that deadly myth? “He’s so heavenly minded, he’s no earthly good.” Don’t you believe it.
Just
the opposite is true. We must be
heavenly minded if we are to be any earthly good. Heaven must impact our lives
today. “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on
things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds
on things above, not on earthly things.” (Colossians 3:1-2 NIV)
We
must reorient our thinking and refocus our hearts toward Heaven. Ever decision
we make must be in the light of eternity. Every investment of our lives must be
made from the perspective of Heaven. In the midst of hectic schedules and
fast-paced lifestyles, we must choose to preoccupy ourselves with the unseen
world above where Christ is enthroned as Lord over all.
Let
us live for the world to come, not for this present age. Let us live for what
is timeless, not temporal. Let us
live for the spiritual, not the earthly.
Let us live for the invisible, not
the visible.
There
is a restless longing in every person’s heart. God has placed eternity within
us (Ecclesiastes 3:11) -- a strong desire for the world to come. Whether we
realize it or not, our souls long for a place called Heaven. This yearning for
our home above calls us to live radically different from the ways of the world.
-- Adapted from Steven J. Lawson in “Heaven Help Us!: Truths About Eternity That Will Help You Live Today”
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