Aware of Christ, Not Ourselves

"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God." (Colossians 3: 1)

What are you conscious of?

Are you conscious of your righteous standing in Christ Jesus? (2 Corinthians 5: 21)

Or are you paying attention to the reproach of men?

The dog can bark and bark at the moon, and the moon still shines (Thank you, Pastor Prince!). In Christ, we are all sons of light and sons of the day (1 Thessalonians 5: 5).

If God is for you, who cares who is against you? (Romans 8: 31)

The problem for many, for me, is that I started to “feel” bad – certain people seemed capable to hurt my feelings, when such folly is just not the case.

 Paul tells us to reckon ourselves dead to such empty feeling (Romans 6: 11). Instead of being carnally minded, we are called to mind the things of the spirit, which is life and peace for the believer (Romans 8: 6)

Are you conscious of who you are in Christ, or are you conscious of who you are in yourself?

"And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight." (Numbers 13:33)

Stop looking at the giants in your life, and stop looking at yourself. Look at Christ Jesus, seated in heaven at the right hand of the Father, for you are there with Him:

"Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world." (1 John 4: 17)