Colossians 3:1-3 3 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God).
We know that the world is going through a horrible time, wars, hate, anger, greed, disobedience, putting right as wrong and wrong as right, all sorts of ungodly acts against the Word; the times are turbulent. This is the time where we, as the children, who professes to be God’s, come together in humility, praying, praising, and displaying a love so great (doing our part to help ease the suffering) by looking toward God, through Jesus for answers and setting our affection and mind on the heavenly things above. We cannot and should not want to remain the wishy-washy saints we have been, and some still are, in the past. And if we have to go kicking and screaming we must realize that it is time to set our minds and affection on that which is of God and don’t allow it to be taken every other day from us. Not that most of us don’t want to be sincere in our commitment to our Father, it’s just that, we are weak minded, we mess up all the time. Then we go back to wanting to serve God but again, when the least little wind of discontent or discouragement blow in our way there goes our minds. Peace and contentment go out the window. Love and affection say bye, bye. The thoughts of understanding and having compassion become past tense participles. All forms of sin, death, and destruction, to the saint’s mind, body, heart, and soul has been overridden by the Holy sacrificial Blood of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. That is why even though the way of the world has given us the wrong idea of righteousness, continuously trying to steer us off the Path of Truth, (it should not be this way) with the help of our LORD, we must set our minds and keep them set on His goodness. Because with Yashuah’s, Jesus’ death, as we are grafted into God’s family, we have been moved from the lower position of sin to a higher point in Christ, entitling us to the wisdom, knowledge, and understanding as to why and how; remaining steadfast in your conviction no matter what. (Proverbs 4:23-27 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil).
But we, must first choose to set our minds on the things that are higher than those of the world; forgetting what lies behind us, we understand that once we receive Jesus in our hearts and life, we have been redeemed from lying and wallowing in sin. Therefore, through setting our affection/mind (love, tender feeling, warm attachment, good will) on the heavenly things of God, we have come up in our walk with Jesus and are able to search out by any method, deemed necessary according to God’s way, the things which are above which Jesus gave us access to. (1 Chronicles 29:3, “because I have set my affection on the house of my God”).
When you set your affection on the things of God and not on the things of the world or man’s way, you will begin to be more like and remain alive in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. In order to do this, it (the intentional striving to walk, act, think, serve, and speak like Jesus) has to become your daily focus, and objective to keep your mind (which controls our will to do, say, and act) seated in God’s presence. Your ability to fulfill all that God has purposed for you, is attached to, and rooted in the fact that without Christ, our Lord and Saviour, all are dead to the life God has instore for us. Scripture says: “No one has ever seen this. No one has ever heard about it. No one has ever imagined what God has prepared for those who love him, 1 CORINTHIANS 2:9.” And if we fail to set our mind on the godly things of heaven, we cannot experience the good and godly life here on earth; we remain dead in the dark and diseased mind, authored by the sinful spirit of this world. Because when we fail to think about righteousness, love, hope, trust, true belief, good fruit (the fruit in life worth bearing) but think constantly on the negative and don’t keep our mind seated in God, through Jesus Christ, it begins to wonder all about, becoming prideful and vain; creating greedy, selfish, scary thoughts, and imaginations which leads to sin. We began seeing, speaking, and going places contrary to the will of God; causing things to happen that should not be. (Proverbs 4:23-27 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil).
God wants us to set our mind on His Word, Will, and Way and keep it there. We are to be encouraged and inspired by His Word (Jesus) to set our minds and hearts on the One who can make things right and not take matters in our own hands. But we do feel it necessary to handle it ourself, most often than not, and since God has given us free will (the chance to choose – help us LORD) some profess anything, do anything, and say anything (that will imply that we are higher than we are) rather it is in-line with the Word or not, to those who will listen and are weak minded. You ask what does this has to do with the mind? Keeping your mind occupied with the Word, Jesus, leaves no room for Satan to fill it with sinful thoughts and imaginations. (Matthew 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many).
Now, while in your mind of higher-than-mighty, you can get too caught-up and entangled (become self-centered) in the recess of your mind. But if your mind disconnects from its own selfish, self-absorbed, deceitful reality and begin to wonder back into God’s Truth, ever so slightly, the truth slowly becomes apparent. That is why we must keep our mind stayed on Jesus, the Only One who remains without wavering, at the helm of the righteous path for our lives. When you have made the decision to serve Him and commit yourself to this way of life, your mind will be set in this direction and will correlate with your words. Because even though the heart is the seat, where love, mercy, and grace are, the mind has a tendency to override the heart (when the heart is not being guarded), causing all sorts of disfunctions. Because it will constantly roll over and over that which should have been released long ago but it doesn’t. Therefore, when it doesn’t, what comes out of your mind dictates to your mouth and becomes the author of your action and speech; this is an unrenewed, unregulated, wrongly overprocessed mind. We are to prepare it for all communication and action, giving it over to our Heavenly Father to deregulate the ties to evil and keep it set fully on His grace and mercy which will be revealed in Jesus Christ. (Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect). (1 Peter 1:13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ).
This part is not to scare, judge, or discourage you. It simply gives you a reason to keep your mind and focus on God’s Word, Will, and Way (all brought to you by and through our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ) to help you get a simple understanding of how God works. In it, please collect and control your mind by leaning on the everlasting God of all hope, YHWH, in Yashuah’s name. And be consoled to know that our Father Who resides in heaven has and does wield all His capabilities and stand by His commitments to us, to come to earth and rectify any and all troubles, circumstances, and situations, when He deems necessary. He is still on His throne of righteous judgement; in due time He will reward all for whatever part they have played in this. But we must do our part and remain committed and steadfast in our hope in Him; praying with a clear, clean mind that is always stayed on Jesus. (Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee).
SO SET YOUR MIND ON JESUS AND DON’T LET IT GET UP; Stay focused on the WORD, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Proverbs 4:23-27 CEB
More than anything you guard, protect your mind, for life flows from it. Have nothing to do with a corrupt mouth; keep devious lips far from you. Focus your eyes straight ahead; keep your gaze on what is in front of you. Watch your feet on the way, and all your paths will be secure.
God’s got it no worry no fear!
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