Heaven on my mind

“If you read history you will find that the Christians who did the most for the present world were those who thought most of the next. The Apostles themselves, who set out on foot to convert the Roman Empire, the great men who built up the Middle Ages, the English evangelicals who abolished the slave trade, all left their mark on earth precisely because their minds were occupied with Heaven. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this one. Aim at Heaven and you will get earth “thrown in.” Aim at earth and you will get neither.”
--C. S. Lewis

When I read this quote I was struck by the obvious reality of it. It is my prayer that I will learn how to aim for Heaven. That I would be able to maintain that as my focus, as I live and move here. And that I would be so affected by the reality of Kingdom life that the Kingdom Of God would overwhelm the mundane of my life.