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God’s Mountain
In Luke 9 verses 28-36 we find where Jesus took
Peter, James and John up to a high mountain apart to pray.
The mountain has always been a place named in
scripture where God would call His people to.
The mountain has always been viewed as a place
where one would get closer to god, even among pagan worshippers.
It was a mountain that God told Abraham to take
Isaac to for the sacrifice.
This would be the same high place where our
Lord Jesus was crucified.
Moses was called up in to the mountain to meet
with God and receive the oracles of God for His people.
Elijah went up into the mountain to battle the
forces of Jezebel’s priest.
The high place has always represented spiritual
contact.
God called to Moses out of a burning bush on
the side of the mountain and that mountain was designated as the place where
the Israelites would come to, to worship.
The call of God has always been an invitation
not a command.
God said to Moses to come up unto me. But Moses
had to exercise his will in order to do that.
The invitation is still being given but we must
exercise our will to go to the high place to meet with God.
There is always a reason for going higher with
God.
Abraham to sacrifice, Moses to receive the law,
Elijah to war and pray, Jesus to pray, Peter, James and John to observe and
learn.
Our reason for drawing near to God is more
often that not a selfish one.
Usually what we can get from God is our chief
motivation. However, the scripture tells us to delight ourselves in the Lord
first. (Psalm 37:4, Isaiah 58)
Jesus never went to be alone with God because
He wanted to get something from Him, except to hear His voice.
Most of us read our Bible and pray out of duty
and ritual more than we do expecting to hear God speak to s.
When we really go apart to be alone with God,
when our reading is with excited hope in our heart, when our prayer is a real
heart felt communion with God, the result will be that we are changed by the
experience.
The more we are changed by the presence of God
the more we will desire to be in it.
Our ability to hear the invitation to come up
higher and our will to do so will be because of our love for Jesus.
A pure motive that will reap eternal dividends.
We will find that as we are changed by the
presence of God, revelation will come, the prophetic will come, and the glory
will come.
There will come from our spirit the unsolicited
cry: Lord it is good for me to be here!
We will not be looking for excuses to miss the
time with God or find reason to cut it short.
But rather, it will grow into long continuance
and our anticipation of spending this time in the secret place will grow to be
the most prominent thing in our lives, our love for Jesus, our first love that
we don’t want to ever leave.
Out of all this will come a heart burning
desire to build for God’s glory.
A witness and a testimony will rise from our
hearts that just has to say to everyone we know and see that Jesus Christ loves
you, He died for you and your sins and your life will be changed when Jesus
lives in your heart.
Do you hear the invitation to come up higher?
Then please Go!
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