Colossians 3:2 ... Where is my mind?

Colossians 3:2  Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.  

With 24 hours/ day news, families in turmoil, finances dictating our "wellness", and the vastness of our world, the universe and beyond seemingly becoming smaller because of the knowledge we think we have obtained, we seek to secure our happiness and security by looking for answers around us.  We sieze onto glimmers of hope...unemployment down...stock market up...the war is ending...I found a job and these things become our strength to keep on keeping on.

What did Jesus hold onto and where did he find His strength to keep going?  He knew that this world would offer Him nothing but death.  He was born to suffer.  Wars would not end.  There would always be poor among us (John 12:8).  There were the sick before He came and they remained after He died.  He awoke every day knowing that this world could not offer Him what he needed and sought.  Yet He kept on teaching, healing, loving and caring.  He kept His mind on the things from above.  He trusted and sought His Father's will right to the very end of His life.  He gave us two wonderful gifts in words He spoke in those final hours... "Your will be done"  and "Father forgive them".  These words show us clearly where His mind was.  He didn't ask His Father to keep us from illness, poverty, violence, sadness, and despair.  He prayed for God's will to be done and for our salvation.  Heavenly and Glorious Things from Above!