My Sedentary Lifestyle.

Colossians 3:2 (New International Version)
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

I have shared this verse before in a Bible study and in an article I wrote last year. This looks very innocent but the when I got what it really means the "REMA" (Truth) hits straight home and I got freed from the baggages I carried with me everyday.

Col 3:2 says not to set our minds on earthly things, earthly things are temporary. Temporary stuffs are subject to change. Which means that our problems are subject to change. It will not be there forever because it is subject to change. Our current situation right now are subject to change. We might be poor right now but God says our situation are not going to be forever. It will change.

Sometimes we set our minds on our stuggles and how bad our situation is. I sometimes hear people say "we have no hope." Or "We will never be better we will be like this forever". People like to talk about how hard and how deep in the mud they are in as if we are going to be like that forever. But God says, "No, don't focus on those stuffs, those stuffs are going to change, you need to look at the things above. " (paraphrased Col 3:2)

We need to look at the higher things, things that will not change. And what will not change? The Truth that God is on our side and that He is willing to pull us out in our current situation. The truth that God loves us and He is not happy seeing us stuck in the rut.

The Truth is, God is not smilling seeing us suffering. Sometimes, we got it all wrong, we thought God wants us to suffer because we have sinned against Him. No, I believe God wants us to live a life abundant free from fear and suffering. The Bible says, the devil came to kill, steal and destroy but Christ came so that we will have life and have it more abundantly. The devil wants to kill us, and steal our life from us, steal our joy and want us to be miserable, complaining and acting like a victim. But Jesus came to save us and to give us abundant life (not just on Heaven but also here on earth) and to make us the the victors instead of the victims that we thought we are. So don't get it all wrong God is good and devil is bad. Get back to the basic. So when you are in a bad shaped it's not God's will for you. Go to God and asked Him to fix it. Don't stay away from God. God is on your side.

God want us to become a victor and not a victim. God wants us to overcome. So stop thinking about your problems and how hard your situation is. Focus instead on how Great God is and how able He is to change our situation for our good. One saying put it this way, "Don't tell God how big your problem is, tell your problem, How big your God is."

Live in faith and not in fear. Live in hope and not doubt. God is able. And God is God.

The Bible says we are more than conquerors! And we need to believe God for that.
I hope you are blessed as I am blessed with this truth as well. God bless you.

-josiah