I was looking through a particular page on the Internet a while ago and came across a 'word for the day' excerpt from a dictionary.  The word for that day was, 'transmundane'.  As it was not a word that I was familiar with I decided to take a look at its definition.

“Transmundane”.  Not of this world, belonging not to this material world, and its concerns, but extending beyond them.

Reaching beyond or existing outside the physical or visible world.

adj : existing or extending beyond the physical world.

What an excellent word to define our spiritual standing, and also the way in which we ought to go about our daily activities.

We read in John 15:19, "If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you."

Also in John 17:15 & 16, Jesus, when praying to the Father says, "I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.  They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world."

"Be ye not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed, by the renewing of your mind."  Romans 12:2.

As we read in Ephesians 4:22-23, 'That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind.'

As Born-again, Spirit Filled Christians, we should concern ourselves with the spiritual, rather than the physical or material.  This putting off the old man, is not something to be done by chance, but is a deliberate act.  We must put the flesh under subjection.  We walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

As we read in 2 Timothy 2:4, 'No man that warreth, entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.'  When a man goes to war, he does not ask, 'Has the gas bill been paid?'  He concentrates on the task in hand.  And so must we.  We are at war with the enemy, and must be spiritually minded not carnally minded.  For to be spiritually minded is life, but to be carnally minded is death.

We are living in the world, but are not part of the world.  Yes, we do have to abide by the law of the world, i.e. function as human beings, earn our living, provide for our own, etc.  But we must do all as unto the Lord, and operate from a totally God focused angle.

Even though we are living in the world, we don't belong to it.  We are the sons of God, and must behave accordingly.

"As He is so are we in this world."  1 John 4:17.

Amen.

Every blessing in the precious name of Jesus.

Bill Hilton