Set Your Mind On
Things Above
How
long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from
me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in
my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?
Look
on me and answer, LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,
and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes will rejoice when I
fall.
But
I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will
sing the LORD’s praise, for he has been good to me.
Psalm 13:1-6
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts
on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your
minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died,
and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your
life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Colossians 3:1-4
Sometimes, in the emotion of a moment, our minds play tricks on
us. We think our loss is worse than it really is. We may feel like the
songwriter David who, in the confusion of the moment, thought God had forgotten
him.
When David later recalled what he knew rather than what he feared,
his sense of loss turned into a song of praise.
Rest your assurance on God’s love in
your heart,
not on the fear in your mind.
Our Daily Bread –