HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div
A Heavenly Mindset Is Developed By A Life Of Continual Discipline
“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.” (Colossians 3:1).
The word “set” is an active word. It can also be translated as “seek.” The KJV says, “Seek those things above.” This does not happen by accident; it only happens through rigorous discipline. If you are not actively seeking things above, then you won’t be thinking in a heavenly manner. This is what Paul said in Romans 12:2: “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
When he says, “Do not conform any longer,” it implies that the members of the Roman church were already being conformed. It has the sense of stopping conforming or stopping being pressed and moulded into the pattern of this world. If you are not seeking things above, you are already being pressed and moulded to look and think like the rest of the world.
You will be moulded in how you view yourself:
- “I must have this body.”
- “I must have this type of skin.”
- “I must dress like this.”
- “I must have this degree, and this type of job.”
The world will control how you think, how you dress, what type of job you seek, and the type of school you go to. Christ said, “You cannot have two masters, you will love one and hate the other. You cannot serve both God and Money” (Matthew 6:24).
Most Christians have the world as their master. It tells them what to do, where to go, and how to do it. Christians must understand that they are no longer part of this world, and they must actively “seek” to think the way God has called them to think. They must seek things above.
How do we practice and develop this discipline of thinking on things above?
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