That’s where your life is

Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. (Colossians 3:2 NKJV)

We’re here on business for the King, and our real citizenship isn’t here. You cannot be true to that heavenly citizenship and have so much time absorbed with the affairs of this world, even with the present world crises.

If we really believe our citizenship is in heaven we’ll not become so attached to this world or absorbed in every little news about its tragic condition. Because its fears drive us to tension, its troubles cause us loss of time and sleep, time that we could spend in prayer.

Our attitude as a citizen of heaven is to be detached from this world, not attached to it! Not to be conformed to this world, though we be well informed, but we are to be transformed by our living in the things that are eternal and in the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ, and living in obedience to His Word.

We must have a deep realization that we are living for eternity and not for time, and our heavenly citizenship can never be put in a secondary place. We can’t thoughtlessly give ourselves to the temporal because we are defeated spiritually by all this hubbub about us.

God’s Word says, “He that heareth my word and believeth on him that sent me hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life.” That’s where your life is! [1]

The Bible promises that in Heaven we will receive a glorious inheritance—the inheritance of eternal life in all its fullness. - Billy Graham

[1] Anchor Heaven: Our Eternal Home