Dear Friend,

“Set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth.”  Colossians 3:2 Amplified Bible 

 

During times when the strong winds of adversity and controversy surround us it’s important to recognize the power of a set mind.  According to Noah Webster's 1828 Dictionary of American English, to be set is “to fix firmly; to predetermine.”

 

It’s a matter of having a predetermined focus that we don’t allow to change when pressure is present.  It’s fixed.  How do we set our mind?  It’s a matter of choosing our focus.  We should choose our focus (“set your minds”) and keep it there (“keep them set”).  

 

When we choose to align ourselves with God, He gives us His focus.  He shows us what He sees and wants us to see.  We must look in that direction and refuse to allow anything to turn our heads.  Don’t give into the lesser things – the ways of flesh.  Do choose the ways of the Spirit.  Changing focus under pressure proves our position to be weak.  We must constantly reaffirm our gaze until it is automatic. 

 

Doing this allows us to have His perspective.  When we see what He sees, we are no longer limited to the impossibilities of man.  We then enter the enlarged place of God’s possibilities.  Spiritual law states, “If you can see it, you can have it”. 

 

We choose the “higher things”.  The higher ways are what we are seeking.  Choosing to have a focus on the higher things means we are determined to walk the way God walks.  We choose the integrity of His ways rather than the ways of man.  To get His results, we need His lifestyle.

 

There are so many voices in this world trying to sway us.  But only one voice matters.  Strength, stability and stamina come from a fixed focus on Christ.  Listen to His voice.  Follow His word.  Set your mind! 

 

Focus on His OVERFLOW!  Your cup will run over!

 

Until we meet again, we are...

 

Reaching for Heaven & Touching the Nations,

 
Bret A.Wade