Colossians 3:1 If then you were raised with Christ, seekthose things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.

We are now risen with Christ and seated with Him in heavenly places. Our life is now hidden with Christ in God. Psalm 16:11 says that pleasure is found at God’s right hand, pleasures forever more.

We are invited by God, commanded by Him, to seek thosethings which are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. God has pleasure for us at His right hand.

We are to consider those things which are above not dwelling on earthly things (Col 3:2). What an invitation to seek true pleasure which is only found in Christ alone.

Colossians 3:4 goes on to say, “When Christ who is our lifeappears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.”

Peter, James and John experienced Jesus in His glorifiedbody. When we appear with Christ in glory it will be like that day on the mountain top (Mat 17:1), but we can have these mountain top experiences with Him today.

God invites us to consider the pleasure that is at His right hand. Let us come and see what pleasures are at His right hand, where we are seated with Christ.

We need these mountain top experiences where we encounter God’s pleasure, His goodness, hidden in the person of Jesus. These are precious encounters with Him, but we're not to make shelters there and remain. We're togo out from there in the knowledge of our identity, our power, and our authority.

Colossians 3 goes on to describe the things we are to putoff, and the things we are to put on: put off the things on earth - anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language - and put on the pleasures of heaven, the pleasures where Christ is.

Verses 12-14 go on to talk about putting on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering, forgiving as Christ forgave us. These are the pleasures that are available at His right hand.

Holy Spirit shared with us how we need to firstly clothe ourselves with these pleasures from Him towards ourselves, to put on His tender mercy and kindness towards us first, so we can give what we are receiving from Him to the world around us.

We ended by looking at putting on the bond of perfection that binds our families in perfect unity. This unity is not just keeping a family together under one roof, but perfectly together, nothing broken and with everything working in harmony. Put on His love.

Oh what pleasures are at His right hand forever more.