Set Your Mind Above
As I recently read Revelation 4:1, I recognized an application of this verse to our everyday lives I had previously missed.
“A door standing open in heaven” awaited John‘s spirit. However, there’s a door standing open in heaven for us right now. This door is called Holy Scripture. As we read God’s Word it opens to us insights into the Lord and his ways that the human mind can never conceive. Therefore, if we want to know the Lord and understand his Word and ways we must live in the Scriptures.
The Lord shows us how to practice extremely healthy meditation, meditation that equips earthlings to live victoriously in a world that attempts to destroy our relationship with Jesus. We choose to meditate in the Word when everything around us attempts to distracts from the Word of God. Purposefully “set your mind on things above not on earthly things” (Colossians 3:2). You will live on earth, but have a heart and mind-set on Father, Son and Holy Spirit who invite us to share their victory over Satan, sin and the world!
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