How To Not Miss Out

 

For you are not

   setting your mind

   on the things of God,

but on the things of man.

             Matthew 16. 23

(On whatever we set our minds,

    our hearts, our vision,

    our thoughts,

determines our path

               and our response

        to what is before us.

Setting our minds on God

   does not mean letting go

            but moving toward.

We may be buried by circumstances,

or consumed by degree of difficulty,

but when we decide 

                Jesus over everything,

  God reveals new dimensions

       already in place around us.

As we walk with Him,

  a thousand galaxies burst into view.

We see difficulty in this.

God sees His glory

   on so many different levels.

If we don't set our minds on Him,

   we are the ones

           who are missing out.)

O LORD,

We are too short and myopic

  to grasp Your grander narrative

  in what is before us.

Please help us

         set our minds on You

and not be distracted by

     what the world offers.

Please empower us

   to navigate these situations

   with a heart changed by You.

How different our course becomes

   if we set our minds on You.

The outcome and Your glory

          will astonish us.

Align our hearts and minds

           with Yours.