It doesn’t happen all at once. Your faith felt solid. Your eyes were set on Jesus. Your heart was grounded.

But slowly—almost without realizing it—your focus starts to shift. What once held your attention begins to fade into the background. And something else—something smaller—takes center stage.

In Philippians 3, Paul invites us to pause and examine what’s shaping our lives. Are our minds set on what’s eternal, or are we caught chasing what fades? Are we living as citizens of heaven, or have we started blending in with the values around us?

These aren’t guilt questions. They’re reminders. Sometimes we just need to remember what we were made for.

Paul writes this letter from house arrest—not from comfort or ease, but from joy that’s anchored in Jesus. And from that place, he challenges the church not just to believe the Gospel but to live it. To keep the Cross at the center. To fix their eyes on the coming King.

Because the Cross isn’t just where we begin. It’s how we live. It’s our foundation, our mindset, and our compass.

Picture your life like a pyramid.

At the base is your foundation—what you stand on.

The middle is your mindset—how you think and live.

The top is your vision—what you’re looking at.

If your foundation cracks, the whole thing wobbles. If your mindset drifts, your footing weakens. And when your vision shifts, your desires follow. When desire starts calling the shots instead of devotion, things fall apart.

Paul saw it happening in the church. Not outside of it—but right in the middle of it.

People still claiming the name of Jesus, but no longer walking in His way.

He writes with tears in his eyes. “They walk as enemies of the cross of Christ,” he says. Not because they rejected Jesus outright, but because they laid the Cross down. They wanted His name—without His path.

Appetites were leading. Comfort had become king. They were chasing what felt good instead of what was true.

Paul’s words echo Genesis 3: Eve saw the fruit was good for food—desire of the flesh. It looked pleasing to the eye—desire of the eyes. It was desirable for gaining wisdom—pride of life.

It’s the same pattern today. Only now we call it self-expression, hustle culture, or personal freedom. But it’s the flesh, quietly taking the wheel.

And here’s the thing: If Jesus isn’t the Lord of your desires, He won’t be the Lord of your decisions. We trade intimacy with Jesus for imitation versions of fulfillment. We reduce the Cross to a moment instead of a way. And our faith starts to crumble—not with a bang, but with a drift.

Everyone wants resurrection power. But resurrection requires a death. The Cross is still the way in. Still the way through.

And yet so often, we let the flesh set the rules. Shorter sermons. Curated playlists. Production over presence. Everything polished, nothing surrendered.

No wonder we feel spiritually thin.

So Paul reminds us of something easy to forget:

“Your citizenship is in heaven.” Not here. Not in a system. Not in your status. You belong to another Kingdom.

That’s not a poetic metaphor. It’s your reality. And when you live like it’s true—everything shifts. You stop scrambling to keep up. You stop needing the world’s approval. You stop chasing things that never satisfy.

Some of us say, “I’ve arrived spiritually.” But true maturity always walks with humility. Others say, “I surrender all”—but we keep certain habits tucked away, just out of reach. Some stand on the sidelines, criticizing everything and contributing nothing.

But none of that builds the Church. Only surrender does. Only love does.

Paul’s whole point is simple: Come back to the Cross.

Let it shape your thinking.

Let it guide your living.

Let it reset your focus.

Because if your mind is full of earth, your heart will never long for heaven.

The truth is, many of us have settled. Not intentionally. But slowly, quietly, we’ve let our attention drift. And now our faith feels fragile. Not because it wasn’t real—but because our focus got hijacked.

So what’s shaking your spiritual pyramid today? Is your foundation still firm? Is your mindset shaped by the Cross or by the culture? Are your eyes still fixed on heaven?

If not, don’t panic. Just surrender. No striving. No guilt. No quick fix. Just a quiet return to Jesus.

He is the One who heals the brokenhearted. Who frees the captive. Who shapes us, restores us, leads us.

He is still the author. Still the finisher. Still the centre of it all.

So fix your eyes on Jesus. He hasn’t moved. He’s just waiting..