The Things Above
“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Col 3:1”
Jesus has captivated my heart with His word. Jesus says if your eye be single your whole body will be full of light and if your eye be evil behold how great it the darkness. At times they were physical things that I gaze at in my heart. But Holy Spirit is saying look continually to Jesus, you can see Him, I could ask what does He look like. In Hebrews we are asked to “look onto Jesus who is the author and finisher of our faith.” -Heb. 12:2
We look with the eyes of the Spirit after all the word says “we are seated with Christ in Heavenly places.”-Eph. 2:6 This is fact not fiction we are indeed seated with Him. Jesus went on to say we are “not of this world” in John 17:14. We are pilgrims on this earth.
Jesus gave four examples of people in the parable of the sewer. I was the one where the cares of this life choked the word, but “God is faithful… to whom he has called out of Darkness. 1Pe 2:9” The problem lies when I think I want something besides the word to be my comfort and my joy.
“Set your affection” . Their came a time when my affections were crossed I longed for people of this earth, but I find Christ never gave up on me.
Jesus is our Savior and our Lord, the truth is we always need saving. If we know we always need a Savior we’ll find He’s always willing to forgive and give us a new start. However if we think we can stand without him or on our own we will believe we can never get up again.
That is what happen to me I thought because of my failures I was disqualified, but the truth stands He loves me and I need a Savior every day.
The Pharisees thought they had it made because they were very religious on the out side. That was me. And when my heart was broken I assumed God gave upon because I could keep His word. Never the less the faithfulness of God prevailed and restored me.
“The things above”. These are love, joy peace and hope. These are practical things in hard times. Having a heart on this things above does not mean being a theologian or being super spiritual, it means trusting what Jesus accomplished on the cross for me, for us for the world.
Of course the enemy will attach, but remember keep my eyes and our eyes on Jesus.
What is humility to me?
I will always fall short, always need improvement,always need the help from Jesus and others and my security is never in the things or do accomplish, but my security is in Jesus Christ(His Love for me).
