Col 3:1-4. Dan Kroon. There's a big difference between being a super-spiritual person (totally out of touch with reality; head in the clouds) and being someone who "sets their heart and mind on things above". Last time we were in Colossians, at the end of chapter 2, Paul was urging us not to be super-spiritual or 'out-of-this-world' in our religion. But that doesn't mean he wants us to be of this world. No, our calling is still to be defined by 'heavenly things' and to be in Christ. The difference is that super-spiritualism seeks to get to where God is, putting on a holy facade, but the call in Colossians 3 is to simply be where you already are – raised with Christ, hidden with Christ in God, sharing in his glory. This passage reaffirms all that the book has talked about so far – we are already raised with Christ. Setting our hearts and minds on things above is about acknowledging where we are, not striving to get somewhere else.
