"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God" (Col 3:1)
Proper children of God are heavenly minded. Give your heart to heavenly things, not to the temporal things of the earth. Moses, Stephen, Joseph, etc were all proper children of God and they were heavenly minded. In so far, then, as you have to live upon this earth, consider yourselves dead to worldly contacts: Have nothing to do with Sexual immorality, filthiness, uncontrolled passion, evil desire, and the lust for other people's goods, which lust, remember, is as serious a sin as idolatry.
Moses could shun the riches of Egypt because he was heavenly minded. If all the time you are only thinking of how you will make money and you never consider where and how you will spend eternity, then there is some things wrong.
It is easy to be deceived by the temporary benefits of wealth, popularity, status, and achievement, and to be blind to long range benefits of God's kingdom. Faith helps us to look beyond the world's values of God's kingdom.
What will you do if you are offered millions of dollars in exchange for eternity in heaven? Let us not make the wrong choice because of the temporary difficulties we are going through in life.
-Lord, help me to steadfastly fix my mind on heavenly things and let me be aware if my eyes are fixing on temporary stuff on earth, in Jesus name. Amen.
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