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September 10, 2025
Colossians 3:1 / Verse of the Day & Daily Devotion

Look Up

It’s normal—and even understandable—to spend our time, energy, and attention focusing on the here and now. We’re busy, after all. We're preoccupied. And when we stop to really think about it, it’s difficult to perceive something that's beyond our five senses.

But in his letter to the Colossians, Paul encourages his fellow believers to look up:

“Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand.”
‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬ ‭NLT‬‬

So, as you think about Paul’s words and the realities of heaven, here are four things to consider:

  • First, heaven isn’t some vague, dream-like state. It’s a real place, with real people, where God is the true King.

  • Second, there will come a day when we will all meet God face to face. We will no longer need faith or hope, because that which we’ve hoped for will finally be revealed.

  • Third, our troubles and our heartbreaks (and even death itself) are temporary! Scripture tells us that, eventually, God will do away with pain and death and sickness and suffering—forever.

  • Lastly (and most importantly), God is still on His throne, with Jesus beside Him in the place of honor. No matter how crazy, senseless, or heartbreaking the world can seem, we can have confidence knowing that nothing is outside of God’s sovereign plan.

So when you’re tempted to look around at others or look inward at yourself, look up instead. Heaven is wherever God is, and that’s the truest reality of all.

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Isaiah‬ ‭60:3‬ ‭(NLT‬‬)

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Isaiah 40:11 / Verse of the Day & Daily Devotion

The Good Shepherd

"He tends His flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart ... "
Isaiah 40:11 NIV

This verse is one of the most tender portraits of God in all of Scripture. Amid a chapter that speaks of God’s overwhelming power—the same God who measures oceans in the palm of His hand and calls stars by their name—Isaiah also gives us this stunning picture of His gentleness.

God is not just mighty; He is merciful. He is not only strong; He is tender.

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