Unseen, Seen, Unseen-Selah111-CMAW215 Christian Men at Work Podcast

Phil 4:8 "Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things"
During my self-help days, I often heard "You are what you think about all day long"
or as it says in proverbs 23:7 "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he"
What should we think about, or focus on, in this life?
Our highest priority should be the unseen holy, set apart things, namely God and the things of God. The word for holy spirit or set apart in Hebrew is Kadosh
Col 3:2 says "Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth."
Joshua 1:8 says "This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night"
Psalm 119:97 "Oh, how I love Your law!
It is my meditation all the day"
I used to think that when the Bible talked about meditating, or thinking, about His Word all day long, it didn’t literally mean all day, but now I’m not so sure. I’m finding the more I focus on God the more I’m truly living.
In the Torah it encourages us to think about His word throughout our day
In Deut 6:6-9 says "And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates."
Number 15:39-41says "And you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them, and that you may not follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined, 40 and that you may remember and do all My commandments, and be holy for your God. 41 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.”
Lesser in value than the set apart kadosh things that are unseen but still having great value are those things that are seen but also set apart. What we experience with our 5 senses. You could say our natural reality.
Traditions in Judaism include saying prayers the moment you wake, when you walk to the bathroom, etc
By doing so we are making our natural world set apart or kadosh, not totally of course, since we are in a fallen world.
Gnosticism was a set of beliefs focused on knowledge and considered things natural to be avoided.
I believe by coming to earth and taking on flesh, in addition to the important work of providing the necessary sinless sacrifice, Jesus also demonstrated the importance of us living in our natural reality.
Also God wanted the tabernacle and then the temple to be made by human hands, and for us to it holy, even though they were types of the temple in the unseen realm.
There a number of Songs with the theme “this is not my home” or "this world is not my home" which capture this idea. I've also heard of the hotel analogy.  Our life here is like staying in a hotel room but our true home will come after our death.
That hotel room still has a purpose for us and is to be used and appreciated.
If you want to go deeper on the concept of the unseen realm check out the book "The unseen realm" by Michael Heiser who died last last year. Also the Naked Truth podcast.
So what are lesser thoughts or things we should avoid focusing on?
Things of this world that do not honor God, that Satan has twisted and perverted. This can include things we might consider wholesome and good and G rated, but if focus on them too much, relying on them or making an idol of them, they become unholy and forbidden.
There is another category of things to avoid, in my opinion even worse than the things of this wo