Good Lord's Day Morning,
Our Scripture reading today is Colossians 3:2, "Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth."
My affections are the things that I think about often throughout the day. They are the things I strive to attain or goals I try to reach. The Apostle Paul admonished the church at Colossae as well as all believers since that time to be more concerned about the eternal than the temporal. The new man should be training his mind to focus on what brings God the most glory. This will always lead him or her to minimize the earthly goals and maximize the heavenly ones. “‘Earthly things’ are not all evil, but some of them are. Even things harmless in themselves become harmful if permitted to take the place that should be reserved for the things above.” (Vaughan)
Your friend,
Pastor