Think on Things Above, Raise the Standard of Your Life

Some Christians are so heavenly minded they are no earthly good. The verse today says set your minds on things above not earthly things. There must be balance in everything we do. Most Christians have their minds mostly set on earthly things due to many different reasons. Herein lies the good fight of faith which is happening everyday of our lives. The natural human nature against the spiritual makeup of our being. We are a spirit first, we have a soul, and we live in a body. We are three part beings just like the one who created us (Genesis 1:26). After the fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden, we became earthly minded only. We were spiritually dead to God. After the work at Calvary we now have the opportunity to become alive in spirit to God again. Now we can set our minds on things above which would be in line with renewing our minds with God’s word. Setting our minds on things above comes as we make it happen. It’s an everyday practice to work towards each day. Since we live under a demonically ruled world system, we are constantly being bombarded with everything that is against God’s way of living. We must invoke our will to set and keep our minds on things above. Those things above have everything to do with Kingdom living. Living for Jesus puts your life on a whole other level for abundant life. We must go after this training of our minds to reprogram certain habits and thought patterns that need to be broken and set free to be led by our spirits not our flesh, not our emotions. By renewing our minds with God’s word, we begin to change our behavior into that which is pleasing to the Lord. Think on things above and you’ll raise the standard of your life.