The Triangle Of What Controls YouSample

Yesterday we read about the first part of the triangle, our identity. We learned a little about the seismic shift Paul wants us to experience as we reframe our identity and rebuild our triangle from the ground up.

The next part is just as vital and can be just as difficult.

As soon as Paul points out the need to make Christ our identity, he gives us the next point of highest importance—the next piece of the triangle.

We must shift our mindset: “Set your minds on things above…”

Your thoughts control more than you can possibly imagine. They are, and this is not an overstatement, the defining shaper of your life.

Paul knows that if you are constantly thinking about, dwelling on, and daydreaming about “earthly things”, there is only one direction your life can go: down.

But if you shift your mindset, if you place it on “things above” and take back control of where your mind goes, your life can only go up. 

There are markers of a renewed mind like gratitude, humility, and patience. But more than anything, there is one marker Paul looks for as evidence of a truly Christian mind.

And that is what we will discover tomorrow.