But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
Job 16:5 (NIV)
| Things by Cathy Vinson |
Things seem to be what distract our focus and rob our attention. Even the casual use of the word "things" seems to imply mundaness, even to the nature of nuisances: the ticking of a clock, toys on the floor, dishes in the sink, unnovel things...they are like "the little foxes that ruin the vineyard" (Song of Solomon 2:15). "Set your hearts on THINGS above, were Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on THINGS above, not on earthly THINGS" (Colossians 3:12). Here we learn there are the things of heaven. Oh might we consider them so our hearts might be recaptured to the interests above! Job repentantly responded to God's revelation: "Surely I spoke of THINGS I did not understand, THINGS too wonderful for me" (Job 42:3). "Even the angels long to look into these THINGS" (1 Peter 1:12). Can we taste of these things now? The prodigal's father consoled the elder wearying son: "Every-THING I have is yours" (Luke 15:31). "All THINGS are yours...the world or life or death or the present or the future-all are yours, and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God" (1 Corinthians 3:23).
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on THINGS above, were Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on THINGS
above, not on earthly THINGS." (Colossians 3:12) |
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