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Lenten Devotional

March 8, 2019

All Day

Set your minds on things that are above,

not on things that are on earth

For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Colossians 3:2-3

 

Put On
Dead to the World

 

By “things on earth” Paul does not mean we shouldn’t care about “things.” Rather, he has in mind the ways in which we pursue joy by unheavenly means. How can we bring the life of heaven into our normal lives on earth?

 

First, we should be clear we do not have to do this work alone and we should be grateful of the fact that we have received the Holy Spirit who helps us in our sanctification.

 

Second, we need not be confused about the nature of heaven or its existence. God, who is one and the same as the Holy Spirit, has given us his Word. His Word (Scripture) bears witness of heaven and how we have access to it through God’s grace and the precious blood of Christ. His Word is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our paths, bringing heaven into our lives.

 

Third, we may rest assured that God hears our prayers. Through Christ, we have community with God, and we may at any point cry out, “Abba, Father” and ask for more heaven in our lives.

 

Fourth, we should always run to Christ and to the new life we have in him.

 

As we are told: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” (Mark 12:30-31)

By his grace, God has provided us with the Holy Spirit, Scripture, prayer and a new life in Christ, all bringing heaven into our lives. Always!

 

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