God is not interested in busy bees but He is looking for people who are kingdom-minded.
In Matthew 16:23 Jesus told Peter, “Get behind Me, satan! You are a stumbling block to Me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.”
Jesus rebuked Peter and told him not to set his mind on the things of man, but to upgrade his thinking on God’s interests. It’s no surprise that worldly people are unable to understand the things of God, so, Jesus had to rebuke Peter.
God said in His Word, worldly people would like to play leapfrog (skipping the difficult things) and be successful without actually following or obeying God, they fail to understand that blessings come through obedience to God and not through having a “smart” life (relying on their own mind). It’s like someone saying they have no time to read the “Old Testament” because of their busy work schedule. If we don’t have time to sow into God and His Kingdom, we will not receive the blessings that come from it.
Paul tells us in Romans 12:2, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
Many don’t realize that it’s possible to set their minds on the things of God, by simply filling their mind with the Word of God. God tells us in Hebrews 8:10, “I will put My laws into their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall by My people.”
The best way I can explain it, is when I was diagnosed with cancer. Before I was going through the world. I was what I call a “Sunday Christian” As soon as church was over I began living in the world. When I was diagnosed, something happened to me. I began drinking in the Word of God and became fully sold out to Him. Maybe it was the thought I wasn’t going to make it. But, no matter what it was, I changed my thinking. Sadly, it took a potentially fatal disease to get me where I needed to be with God.
His Word shaped me into what I am today. God had a plan for my life, more than I ever thought possible, before the cancer. They say “seek and you will find.”
Colossians 3:2 tells us to, “set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on the earth.”
At the same time, it’s important not to be “worry-minded like Martha in Luke 10:41. We will have no time to sit at the feet of Jesus and get saturated in His glory. We need to be like Mary who was not taken away from Jesus, because of worldly things.
I think there should be no time for satan to take to have a foothold of us to capture us.
“Finally, brothers (sisters) whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about those things” Philippians 4:8
Do these things and the peace of God will be with you.
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