Core Truth: We, Christians, have often been accuse of being so ‘heavenly minded that we’re of no earthly good.’ However, I do believe it can be empirically proven that throughout history quite the opposite is true… that the people who have made the most significant impact in this world are those who have been the most preoccupied with the one that is to come… and who would have understood quite clearly what the late Missionary Jim Elliot meant when he said: “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”
Scripture: Colossians 3:1-2
Therefore if you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, sharing in His resurrection from the dead], keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [the heavenly things], not on things that are on the earth [which have only temporal value]. For you died [to this world], and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.