My bio across social media reads “Kingdom Minded.” To me, that says more than I’m a follower of Christ, a believer, or even a Jesus freak. As my prayer life intensifies, I see how important a Kingdom Mindset is.

A kingdom mindset is focused on Christ more than anything or anyone else. Every thought is shaped with His presence in mind.

—Rob McCorkle, Fire School Ministries

Although I’m not perfect, my goal is to look at life from His perspective. Instead of looking around and reacting, I look up and pray.

What appears at first glance to be bad news, I’m considering what’s the Kingdom purpose here? Could that diagnosis lead a person to share Jesus with a team of doctors and they give their lives to Him? Did that person not get the job because God knows that place will close in a year and He has something better and longer lasting in mind?

That’s the type of thinking I try to engage in. Do I know His mind? Of course not. But I believe living where all my focus points to Jesus takes away knee-jerk reactions, stress, and whatever complicated emotions the world dangles in front of me.

Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth (Col. 3:1-2).

My goal as a wife, mom, sister, author, ministry worker, whatever role I’m walking out is to advance God’s Kingdom. My measuring stick isn’t how many books did I sell, or how well I communicated with my husband. It’s did I say and do anything that pointed people in His direction? Did anything about my choices today move the person I interacted with from whatever level they were at with Him to something even better?

Not every day is a home run. Not even close! Each day, though, that lifestyle gets easier. What used to rattle me doesn’t. It’s hard to be shaken when your feet are firmly planted on the Solid Rock and that’s where your gaze lands. Looking around will bring worry and chaos. Looking up, I promise, is a discipline, but a wise one.

Have you heard of Kingdom living? Is that something you live to do?