Day 16 | Things Above
January 24th, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Colossians 3:1-3
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.
Believers fast for many reasons. Perhaps, however, the three most common reasons for fasting are:
- the desire for God to do a specific action in one’s life
- for one to seek to better know the will of God for their life
- for one to submit their life more fully to the will of God
Throughout this season of prayer and fasting that we are participating in, I encourage you to use this time to ask God for something specific in your life. God wants us to come to him for our needs. However, I encourage you even more to specifically ask God to align your heart with His.
Colossians 3 encourages us in this regard. Paul reminds the Colossians that they have been raised with Christ. This reminder parallels Col. 2:20 when Paul affirms, “Since you have died with Christ.” Dying with Christ symbolizes the drastic split one has with their “old life” by placing their trust in Christ.
As you seek God for the remainder of this fast I encourage you to walk in the power that is demonstrated in this passage. Because you have died in Christ, you have been (and will be) raised with Christ. Therefore, set your heart and mind on things above. Ask God for His strength to help you do this; in it you will find the peace and strength needed to know and accomplish His will.
