THINGS ARE LOOKING UP

THINGS ARE LOOKING UP

The other day, I saw one sunflower starting to bloom. Then today, wow! There are lots of beautiful sunflowers, blue sky, and things are looking up!  Las Vegas is opening back up, as well as many other places around the country and the world. Don’t give up; look up. Acts 7:55 tells us Stephen “looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God.” But Jesus is not only in the heavenlies, He is also with us. Colossians 1:27 tells us it’s “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” As we look up, we connect heaven with us.

In Mark 5, Jesus shows us what happens when people aren’t looking up.

“And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.  And when he [Jesus] was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains.

“Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones“ (Mark 5:1-5).

This incident took place in Gadara, also called the land of the Girgashites. The word “girgashite” means “clay-dweller.” The people could only believe in earthy things, things they could see in front of their noses. But the man of the tombs needed spiritual answers. There’s nothing wrong with pigs, and some are really pretty darn cute, but unfortunately, these people were not being cute. Instead, their eyes were downcast, and their noses were buried in the mud. As God’s children, we’re not supposed to be like that. We have hope, joy, love, and strength, and God tells us there is a bright future ahead.

We need to be looking up, “looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith” (Heb. 12:2). Let’s expect a great day and hook up with some heavenly!

Love, Carolyn

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