Bible Verse of the Day Sunday July 18th 2021

Colossians 3:1-2 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 

Before a person comes to Christ Jesus, repenting of their sins, turning their backs on the ways of the world and surrendering their lives to Him, it is natural for them to maintain an earthly outlook. Without Christ Jesus in their lives, one cannot be blamed for pursuing after gold and silver, celebrity, notoriety, worldly pleasures, and all else the world has to offer. From a worldly perspective, what else is life all about, life is short, and one should get all they can get while they have time left. A famous world philosophy states that the one with the most stuff in the end wins.

However, when we decide to follow Jesus, our entire perspective should shift from a worldly prospect to a Godly perception. When our spiritual eyes have opened, the ways of this world will begin to fade away, and the brightness of the light of Christ Jesus will show us a life that previously we could not even imagine. When this occurs, we will begin to see what is essential in life and the significance of an eternal outlook instead of seeing life through the world's eyes. The indwelling of the Holy Spirit will lead us to see worldly entities for what they are, disruptions, empty promises of pleasure, and a complete waste of our valuable time.

When we set our minds, hearts, bodies, and souls on heavenly things, we will realize that is where Christ Jesus is, and we will want to be there with Him for eternity. The significant part of this is that we do not have to wait until our life here comes close to having a deep and personal relationship with our Lord and Savior. We can have that in the here and now; we can reach out to Him, experience a closeness with Christ Jesus, and He will be right there to lead our every step. This closeness will not be in some flash of light that shakes the earth, but a surrounding of our souls and spirits with a warmness and tenderness that we will never understand, only experienced. 

Those without God fear losing so much when they surrender their lives to Christ Jesus. However, there is no comparison in the value of the worldly things we lay aside and the heavenly things that can be ours by surrendering ourselves to Christ. There is not enough gold and silver on this planet that could come close to the value of a life spent in service to our Lord and Savior and others. The world wonders what God can do for me, and the truly saved and surrendered servants of Christ Jesus ask, "what can I do for God?" What can I do to get the word of the love of Christ Jesus out to as many people as I possibly can?   

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