BREAKFAST WITH JESUS
BREAKFAST WITH JESUS
A daily devotional
Pastor Stanley
17th MAY 2025
LET THINGS OF THE KINGDOM COME INTO YOUR MIND
Jeremiah 51:50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. (KJV)
God admonished the Israelites who went into exile to remember the Lord from afar off where they were. And profoundly He said "and let Jerusalem come into your mind."
Jerusalem is symbolic of the temple, presence and city of God. So when God said "let Jerusalem come into your mind" He meant carry within your heart the temple, presence and city of God even though you are far away.
Over here for the new creation we are at home here on earth in this physical body but away from the Lord over there in heaven. But within us is the Kingdom of God and being conscious of this reality is important to walking in it. Our mind can help us do that if we use it rightly.
We can let the things of the Kingdom come into our mind. It doesn't matter where you are at or what you are about you can have the things of the Kingdom of God readily available, accessible and expressed through you. For some Christians they are only conscious of the Kingdom and its righteousness when they are in the church service, once they are out of church, that's all. They forget who they are and where they came from; they mix up with the crowd. Don't mix up with or get swallowed up in the crowd, but a standout in the crowd for Christ.
Paul admonishes us in the book of Colossians, reminding us of who we are and how to use our minds.
Colossians 3:1-2 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
If your mind is on earthly things change your mind. Change the position and focus of your mind, set your mind on things above where Christ is, where you are seated with Him at the right hand of God. Let the things of the Kingdom come into your mind. There are people whose minds of full of corruption, evil and deceit but that's not you. Allow the things of the Kingdom --- righteousness, kindness, love, kingdom-expansion, Soul-winning come into your mind and stay.
CONFESSION
I use my mind rightly. I bar wrong thoughts, voices and expressions from my mind. My mind is for the glory of God and I allow the things of God come into my mind and stay. I set my mind on things above where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God, I see with my mind the things of the Kingdom and bring them into physical reality, in Jesus' Name. Amen!
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