Heavenly Minded

The Lord says, “My people perish for lack of vision.” Are you one that is “heavenly-minded”? Or are you one who is easily distracted by the world around you and is “worldly-minded” Cling tight to the vision that Lord has put within your heart. Don’t allow the things of this world to deter you.

In Exodus, we read that the Israelites had been crying out to the Lord taken as captive slaves in Egypt. For years they had a vision of being free and living a promised life. Yet, when that day finally came, right before they were going to enter into the Promise Land, they grumbled against the Lord and said, “It would be better to be slaves there [in Egypt] than to die here in the desert.” (Exodus 14:12). Beloved, do you sometimes feel that way? Have you believed the Lord for a certain promise but when things got tough, you wanted to go back and do things your own way? The Lord says that when we return back to the old things, it is “like a dog returning back to his vomit”. Don’t go back. Hang tight knowing that God’s promises are just on the other side of that mountain. Satan wants to put doubt in your mind to turn you away from the things of God. That’s been his wryly scheme since the beginning of time. He did it with Eve in the Garden of Eden, “Did God really say you couldn’t eat from the tree in the garden?” Don’t fall into that trap. Be heavenly-minded.

Again I say, don’t give up before you get your promise. Don’t be like Moses. Right before entering the Promise Land, he got tired of doing things God’s way and in disobedience, struck water from the rock instead of speaking to it as God commanded. He was banned from entering into the Promise Land. Do you desire to have that same fate?

Consider this, after several plagues, the Egyptians finally decided to listen to God and let the Israelites go. However, soon after, they reverted back to doing things their own way and chased after the Israelites. When God parted the Red Sea, every single one of the Egyptian soldiers were brought to death as they were swallowed up by the depths of the ocean sea.

Do not allow your heart, mind, body, spirit, and soul to be brought to death in disobedience to God. Stand firm in obedience knowing that your promise is on the other side. Don’t worry about what is happening in the world around you. Make your head like flint and remain “heavenly-minded”!