Earthly Mindedness vs. Heavenly Mindedness — What’s the Difference?
BY DANIEL ROWLANDS | Our Lord and Savior calls us away from earthly mindedness, but what exactly does it mean to be earthly minded?
It should get our attention when Christ Jesus says,
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.” (Matt. 6:19-20)
The differences between earthly mindedness and heavenly mindedness are matters of the heart.
Here Jesus is drawing a stark contrast between focusing on things of this earth versus things of heaven, especially when…