Mountains amaze me. I live surrounded by them, and my eyes are daily drawn to their majestic peaks. Each day seems to present them in a different light, and so the novelty of the view is always captivating.
"I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade on your right hand. The sun will not smite you by day, Nor the moon by night. The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. The LORD will guard your going out and your coming in From this time forth and forever." (Psalm 121:1-8)
Mountain vistas serve as a daily reminder to lift my eyes even higher - to my Creator. Even more firmly established than the ageless mountains, my ever-vigilant Creator will prevent His children from slipping off the pathway to His kingdom. As a shade and defense, He protects and preserves us from ultimate harm.
The appeal of a mountain peak is incessantly alluring. Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, once attracted only the rarest of adventurers. Today, an ever-increasing crowd treks to its perilous peak for an unprecedented view of the world below. Is the drive and desire to ascend this great mountain, and other lesser peaks, in reality a desire for an encounter with our Creator? Certainly, biblical accounts of divine encounters on mountaintops abound.
Mountaintops remind us that there is a perspective above and beyond the routine of our daily lives. And this is vitally-important. Unless we encounter our Creator in a "mountaintop experience", we will not truly see life's priorities. Such encounters punctuate the key priority to "seek first the kingdom, and His righteousness" (Matthew 6.33).
It is worth noting that Jesus spent an entire night in prayer on a mountain before selecting His twelve disciples (Luke 6.12-16). We can only image how disastrous the decision might have been had it been made presumptuously. Surely, His example strongly appeals to us of the need for mountaintop experiences with our Creator if we are to effectively be about kingdom work!
We may not have the opportunity today to literally go up a mountain for a rendezvous with God, but we do have the opportunity for a mountain-top experience. May the Lord lift you up to the heights and draw you close to Him as you seek Him today.
Steve
©Steve Taylor, 2012
"I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade on your right hand. The sun will not smite you by day, Nor the moon by night. The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. The LORD will guard your going out and your coming in From this time forth and forever." (Psalm 121:1-8)
Mountain vistas serve as a daily reminder to lift my eyes even higher - to my Creator. Even more firmly established than the ageless mountains, my ever-vigilant Creator will prevent His children from slipping off the pathway to His kingdom. As a shade and defense, He protects and preserves us from ultimate harm.
The appeal of a mountain peak is incessantly alluring. Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, once attracted only the rarest of adventurers. Today, an ever-increasing crowd treks to its perilous peak for an unprecedented view of the world below. Is the drive and desire to ascend this great mountain, and other lesser peaks, in reality a desire for an encounter with our Creator? Certainly, biblical accounts of divine encounters on mountaintops abound.
Mountaintops remind us that there is a perspective above and beyond the routine of our daily lives. And this is vitally-important. Unless we encounter our Creator in a "mountaintop experience", we will not truly see life's priorities. Such encounters punctuate the key priority to "seek first the kingdom, and His righteousness" (Matthew 6.33).
It is worth noting that Jesus spent an entire night in prayer on a mountain before selecting His twelve disciples (Luke 6.12-16). We can only image how disastrous the decision might have been had it been made presumptuously. Surely, His example strongly appeals to us of the need for mountaintop experiences with our Creator if we are to effectively be about kingdom work!
We may not have the opportunity today to literally go up a mountain for a rendezvous with God, but we do have the opportunity for a mountain-top experience. May the Lord lift you up to the heights and draw you close to Him as you seek Him today.
Steve
©Steve Taylor, 2012
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