“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” (v. 2)

Colossians 3 is such a rich chapter. And, let’s be honest, its calling as is steep as it is beautiful.

How deep our desire to put off the old and put on Christ! How earnest our hope for the peace that is rooted in His death for us! How good the news that our lives are hidden with Him!

So, yes, I want to pursue moral uprightness, family order, and love.

But those are steep callings for a guy who keeps stumbling into everything I thought I had put off (or put to death)!

That’s why we can’t skip v. 2:

The only hope we have for getting life right here is keeping our eyes on Him, which means keeping them heavenward. We have to set our minds on the things above. We have to wrestle our attention away from all the temptations, urgencies, and lessers below. We have to consider, confess, and come home to Christ interiorly, so that we won’t chase the wrong things exteriorly.

Set your mind on Him and His things today.

— Tyler