No Continuing City Here

"This world is not my home, I'm only passing through. My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue:" It's one of my favorite songs and it depicts the sediment of all who love the Lord Jesus in all sincerety. We occupy the land; we raise our families, go to work each day, and strive to be a city that is set on a hill; both in word and deed. And yet our heart is already on the other side. This world seems increasingly strange and harsh as you draw nearer to Jesus. We long for the day when this corruption puts on incorruption. I just did a post very similar to this, either here, or on Grace County, but it's worth talking about again. To have our heart firmly established and our affections on the world to come; the one that will be everlasting. The one where we will be with Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord who took upon himself the sins of us all. I know that I talk much about it, but we really need to get this into our heart. We really must keep our affections on things above, even though most christians seem to be content with following afar off. Most of us are wrapped up in the present but don't realize it because every other saint seems to be doing the same thing. It's baffling that we are at the end of the end and nobody seems to even care. I John 2:15-17 often raises accusations of "legalism," however, it reads "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." The two cannot abide together because this world is contrary to God. But the more that you love the Lord, the more that this world will lose its appeal to you. When you're heart is completly fixed on the world to come, nothing will deter you from pressing onward. Earlier today, I was reading in Acts chapter 20 where the disciples were pleading with the apostle Paul to not go up to Jerusalem. In verse 13 "Then Paul answered, what mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." Pauls heart was firmly on Jesus not this world and we, likewise must have our affections in heavenly places. This is why I have a problem with the name it and claim it prosperity message that's so widespread today. It focuses totally on this world and doesn't prepare the heart for the world to come. "Take the World, but Give Me Jesus" is another awesome song that you virtually never hear anymore. We all have struggles as we have a different law working in our members but we must die daily to the old man. I know how basic this post sounds but it deals with a daily struggle that's very real to every one of us. Well there's more that I could put down, but I'm falling asleep at the computer. Please keep pressing on, looking to Jesus and not dwelling on the things of this life.