Things above. ( 2 Corinthians 4 v18 )

 There is a saying that if you are to heavenly minded you are no earthly good,I wonder if that is  true?. In Colossians 3 v 1-2 ,we read,,'Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,set your hearts on things above,where Christ is,seated at the right of God.Set your mind on things above,not on earthly things'.I don't think we are told that life on planet earth is ont important,no ,things of life are important,your family,your job etc,As one writer has said,'He  is not saying we should withdraw from the world',our Saviour prayed that we should not be taken out of this world (John 17 v 15) Life is to be lived out in the here and now, but we are here that we may be light to those who are in spiritual darkness,we are here that we may be the salt in a corrupt world. We have been raised up in newness of life,we must manifest that life,we must hold unto to the things of this life loosely,nothing should take the place of Christ and future glory. We must all ask ourselves the following questions,are the things of earth more important than the things of heaven,are the things of time more important than the things of eternity. Matthew Henry wrote of that world to come,'Our head is there, our home is there,our treasure is there,and we hope to be there for ever'.