Colossians 3:1 tells us to set our hearts and our minds on things above. Notice that there is an understood “you” as the subject. That means you have to do it. There is effort on your part. God will help you but you have to do something. Too many times people want a miracle drug to change them. Unfortunately, that is not the way it works. There is struggle involved in changing your life. You have to constantly work at problem areas in your life.

The Apostle Paul gives us a game plan later in the chapter. Verse 5 he tells us to put to death the earthly nature. There is that understood “you” again. You have to make the effort to put that lower-against God-nature to death. How do you do that? Don’t feed it!!! Stuff dies if you don’t feed it. Good stuff dies and bad stuff dies if you don’t feed it. So what are you doing to feed the earthly nature in your life? Maybe watching the wrong stuff on TV. Try fasting TV. Don’t watch it at all. That could be the life changing action you need. Maybe it is the internet. Don’t use it. What did you say? “I can’t live without it.”  Anything that is keeping you from living for God…get rid of it. It is not worth the risk or the cost.

Spend some time in the rest of the chapter and see what God does in you today. Pastor Bob