SETTING YOUR MIND ON THE TINGS ABOVE. COLOSSIANS 3:1-3

TO HAVE A CONSISTENT PRODUCTIVE, SPIRITUAL WALK WITH GOD, WE MUST LEARN AND PRACTICE THE ART OF SETTING OUR MIND FACULTIES ON THE THINGS ABOVE, AND NOT ON THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD. WE KNOW OF THINGS, ELEMENTS DIRECTLY LINKED TO THE EARTH, AND WE KNOW OF THINGS, ELEMENTS KNOWN AS HEAVENLY, AND WE MUST STRIVE TO ENTER THE REALITIES OF THIS DIMENSION. THE DIMENSION OF HEAVENLY THINGS IS MORE REAL AND ETERNAL IN VALUES. HENCE, THE ISSUES HERE ARE ABOUT PRIORITY. IF SPIRITUAL THINGS ARE MORE REAL TO US, WE WILL CERTAINLY GIVE MORE TIME AND ATTENTION TO THEM. WHAT I HAVE REALIZED IS SPIRITUAL THINGS. THINGS ABOVE ARE STILL VAGUE TO MOST PROFESSED FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST. HENCE, THEY CAN'T GIVE THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO THINGS, THEY ARE NOT CERTAIN OF ITS EXISTENCE. PAUL ENCOURAGED THE CHURCH, ACCORDING TO HIS LETTER TO COLOSSIANS, TO PRACTICE SETTING THEIR MIND ON THINGS ABOVE. THE REALITY IS, IF WE DON'T RESTORE THIS DIVINE INSTRUCTION TO THE BODY OF CHRIST, THE GRAVITATION OF THE EARTH WILL CONTINUE TO PULL OUR THOUGHTS DOWN TO BE CARNAL WAYS OF THE OLD ADAMIC LIFESTYLE. AND OF CAUSE, WE WILL FIND OURSELVES THINKING AND BEHAVING LIKE FALLING, UNREDEEMED EARTH DWELLERS.