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I've heard it said that "one can be too heavenly-minded to be of any earthly good". On the other hand, I've also heard it said that "one can be too earthly-minded to be of any heavenly good".
I'm my opinion, one cannot be "too heavenly-minded" because we're to contemplate it as much as lies within us (Col 3:2), and to be truly "heavenly-minded" is to be focused on neighborly-love, “especially unto them who are of the household of faith” (Gal 6:10); neighborly-love is the primary maturity-gauge (1 John 4:20).
Every growth-hungry Christian is aware that the more we think on the Lord, the more we are comforted. No thought on the heart of a believer can surpass that of the one which is fixed on Him who won it. “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You” (Isa 26:3).
Our Father has so identified us with His Son that They are here with us in our condition (Gal 5:17), while we are there with Them in our position (Eph 2:16; Col 2:12). So when we pray, instead of going to the Throne, we can come from it. Therefore—“Keep Looking Down”!
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I'm my opinion, one cannot be "too heavenly-minded" because we're to contemplate it as much as lies within us (Col 3:2), and to be truly "heavenly-minded" is to be focused on neighborly-love, “especially unto them who are of the household of faith” (Gal 6:10); neighborly-love is the primary maturity-gauge (1 John 4:20).
Every growth-hungry Christian is aware that the more we think on the Lord, the more we are comforted. No thought on the heart of a believer can surpass that of the one which is fixed on Him who won it. “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You” (Isa 26:3).
Our Father has so identified us with His Son that They are here with us in our condition (Gal 5:17), while we are there with Them in our position (Eph 2:16; Col 2:12). So when we pray, instead of going to the Throne, we can come from it. Therefore—“Keep Looking Down”!
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