The first four verses of Colossians Chapter 3 always bring me back to the single most important thing in my life in the past, back to the way I should be living and thinking now, and back to what is in store for me in the future.
“So, if [since] you have been raised with the Messiah [Christ Jesus], seek what is above, where the Messiah is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on what is above, not on what is on the earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with the Messiah in God. When the Messiah, who is your life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.” [HCSB]
What is the single most important thing in my life in the past? It is that I surrendered my life to Christ Jesus. I died to my former life and now am “hidden with the Messiah in God.” I was “raised with” Him in newness of life. Can anything be more important than that?
So how should I be living and thinking now? I am to set my mind on what I have in Christ Jesus in the heavenlies. I am not to be focused on the things of this world. I am to seek the things of God, not pursue worldly pleasures. My reality is not this world. My reality is Christ Jesus who sits at the right hand of the Father. And as Paul wrote in Ephesians 2, by the grace of God we are raised up and seated in the heavens with Him. [vs6]
And as glorious as our now is, even more glorious is our future. Read Colossians 3:4 again, “When the Messiah, who is your life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.”
There is absolutely nothing in this world that can compare to that! Amen!
