Heavenly orientation in everyday life - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2025

Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
Colossians 3:2

Heavenly orientation in everyday life
How is it possible to contemplate heavenly things while we are busy with earthly things in our daily lives? Surely, we cannot neglect our duties!

Certainly, we should do our work well, for the Lord has set us in the place where we are to live for Him. If we do our job faithfully and behave as a Christian should, we do everything according to the principles of God. Then, although we may be doing the most mundane duties, we are in touch with heaven. Whether we are doing household chores or are busy at work, we act as disciples of the Lord Jesus and want to honour Him.

In many situations where it is impossible to think of what is heavenly, we can still set our mind on things above and not on things on the earth. We do many things that unbelievers also do. Often the work looks exactly the same on the outside. Nevertheless, there is a big difference: people who have no relationship with God only seek their own honour and success. Christians who are focussed on what is heavenly seek the glory of the Lord and want to be His servants. They have the desire to do everything for Him. In this way, they relate the smallest trivialities of their life on earth to heaven.

Today’s reading: 1 Kings 1:22-37 · John 3:22-36