Things Above

We’re finished!

…with the first section of verses for the year 👇

Keep leaning forward! Here’s our ninth verse of the year:

Inhale truth. You got this 👊

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Colossians 3:1

No pressure. Just seek after the things from Christ, in heaven, at the right hand of God.

I read this kind of verse and it’s easy to dismiss it in a nice, very Christian and inadvertent way.

Let it soak in for an appropriate amount of time. Say a prayer about it to sink in and change me, maybe.

And move on.

But I’m missing the heart of the matter. If this stuff is real, I must get past the formality and I must get over the way it was written to get to the heart of what it means for the actual one life that I am currently enrolled in.

If we say we believe, where is the evidence?

Am I crouched down in my everyday life, biding my time? Or am I purposeful and persistent, straining for what I should be directing my thoughts and actions toward?

My past becomes a stark reminder of where I will drift if I become the center of my universe again. My only chance is to seek after the hope of glory, the hope of Christ, the things that are above and beyond what I can even understand.

God, help me understand enough to be ok with not understanding it all.