A Prayer for a Heavenly Perspective – Your Every day Prayer – July 11

A Prayer for a Heavenly Perspective
By Emily Rose Massey

“Set your thoughts on issues above, not on issues on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:2-3, NKJV).

As a homeschool mother of three, it really easy for me to get caught up within the hustle and bustle of life. Generally my days really feel like unending job lists, maintaining with house responsibilities, schoolwork, and ministry life- each on-line as a author and serving at my native church. If I’m not cautious, I can discover myself rising distracted from non secular issues and consumed and overwhelmed with my tasks. Though I do know the Lord has given me the present of my function as a spouse and mom, that ought to by no means grow to be my sole identification. My eyes weren’t made to grow to be fixated on the temporal issues of this earth, however I would like to recollect to raise my gaze to my King once I really feel overwhelmed and drained. The extra we behold our King, the extra we grow to be like Him and lengthy to replicate Him to a misplaced and dying world. The world wants the hope of Christ, and we’re to be carriers of that message that units the captives free and provides them life everlasting in Christ alone. We’re to be eagerly fixated on the return of King Jesus, however all too typically, temporal, worldly needs and tasks have our gaze. 

The Apostle Paul exhorts the church at Colossae to repair their thoughts on heavenly and everlasting issues:

“Set your thoughts on issues above, not on issues on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:2-3, NKJV).

We can’t permit the temptations of this world and our weak flesh to entangle us into bondage Christ gave His life to set us free from. We should pray and ask God to strengthen us in order that we don’t give into these temptations and worldly needs. He at all times gives a approach of escape from these temptations, and we should belief that He won’t ever lead us astray. His methods are so a lot better than ours! As believers, due to our religion in Jesus Christ, our names are written within the Lamb’s e book of life – the paperwork wanted for entrance into our awaited house in heaven. This heavenly citizenship means we’re to be set other than the world as believers. If Christ has saved you, you’ve got died to your previous self, and now He has given you the privilege of understanding Him and anticipating His full fellowship.

Whereas right here on earth, we are able to get pleasure from a small style of glory as we grow to be conformed to the picture of Christ by God’s grace and the facility of the Spirit. The Christian life is the method of rising in Christ-likeness- remodeled by way of sanctification. The trail of transformation results in an eternity of transformation. Our our bodies will likely be remodeled from our humble state into conformity with the physique of His glory. As believers, we joyfully undergo Christ’s Lordship in all issues in our life. Ultimately, Jesus Christ reconciles all issues to their proper place; He units all issues proper by the authority and may of His energy. When the world will get darkish, let’s bear in mind to not develop weary or discouraged however to repair our gaze on our heavenly house that awaits us! Once we are tempted to get weighed down by the issues of the earth, we are able to ask God to assist us have a perspective change that shifts our eyes up. Could the Lord fill our hearts with the hope of heaven!

Let’s pray:

Heavenly Father,
There’s a motive that You don’t instantly take us to heaven once we grow to be born once more; You’ve got a goal for us to satisfy right here on earth- to deliver You glory and share the gospel with those that have no idea You. As a substitute of turning into consumed with the issues of this world, You need us to recollect the place our true citizenship resides- heaven. Assist me to shift my perspective once I grow to be overwhelmed with my tasks right here or when I’m tempted to grow to be entangled with worldly pursuits. Because the world grows darkish round us, assist me be a light-weight for Christ and a messenger of hope to the misplaced. Thank You for the grace to grow to be heavenly-minded.
In Jesus’ identify, amen.

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