A Practical Word

Do you know this mind of heaven, the mind of God? Yes, for as Christians you have the mind of Christ (1 Cor. 2:16). Whether you are displaying it in your everyday life is quite another thing. If I look around on professing Christians, and ask whether they are displaying the mind of heaven, sad to say, it is anything but that. I see professing Christians seeking their own good things, laying up for themselves treasures on earth, and in no sense waiting for God's Son from heaven.
Is the Lamb the center of your heart? This is the mind of heaven. If so, you will not seek your joys now. You will say that you wait for the Son of God from heaven for your portion. As for trouble, you will not be striving to get out of it. You will take it as a pilgrim does the rough roads on his journey home.
Neither joy nor trouble will engage the heart that is centered on Christ. Such, in spirit, wait for the scene of Rev. 5 to end their sorrows and bring in their joy.