NLT:Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. NLT:For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. Colossians 3:2-3
Yes, we are not supposed to think of the things on earth but we have jobs, spouses, children and other things. So, how is this applicable to us?
Well, when we focus on God and apply the things we learn from him and his word, the effect of obedience starts to rub off on our earthly things, making us to prosper.
We are not prospering because we are focusing on earthly things rather because we are focusing on God.
Check out this scenario: You have a job/business. The Bible says, 'Whatever your hands find to do, do it as unto the Lord'. You obey and apply this word, automatically, you start to prosper.
You are not just prospering because your aim is on the job/business, instead, you are prospering because you are obeying and applying the word, and the result of obedience opens up your prosperity, in the sense that, God starts to bless the works of your hands.
ESV:He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God, and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper. 2 Chronicles 26:5
#Shalom.
