While reading the last part of Revelation, I stop at 21:18,21 and 22:1 and ponder this description: The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Think of it — the destination of those who believe in Jesus is incredible. I will inhabit a city of pure gold, I will drink pure water, and I will live forever.
Thinking about that hope and about who I am in the mind of God is the greatest motivation to be that every day. The Bible says that because I believe in Jesus, I am a child of God, a saint no less. The things that I struggle with are, in a sense, beneath me. Of course I’m not to be proud or vain, or forget that I am a sinner who constantly needs my Savior, but I must also recognize that God created me for loftier things, eternal concerns — not the stupid stuff that tries to drag me down.
He says I’m to set my mind on “things above” where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. I am to set my mind on those things, not on things on the earth. He says I died, and my life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is my life appears, then I also will appear with Him in glory. That is my destiny, not anything less and certainly not anything unholy or wicked.
We tend to become that which holds our focus? It may not work in the realm of “I want to be rich and famous” but according to the Word of God, focus on Christ — and God will transform me into His image.
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