I’m am discovering lately how much I love mountains. They are so awe-inspiring as I look at them, with their incredible heights, the contrast of their colors, and how they dominate a landscape. That’s just looking at them from afar. When I’m on them, looking around the area and seeing the beauty in the valley surrounding the mountain.
Last month, some mentioned that is how I might see God. It makes a lot of sense to me. Looking at God from a distance, I see the awesome, powerful God who commands and controls the universe. Equally, when I sit in his presence, I see the world around me through the incredible experience of God. I can see the beauty around me in the world.
This morning I was ask to describe where I am currently in my life, emotions, and spiritually, by using a physical place. I am currently sitting on a mountain, looking at the beautiful valley below me, listening to God talk to me about that valley. He seems to actually be calling me from the valley to come down and live in the mess with him.
God is on the mountain, and that’s why I feel so comfortable, but I actually feel him pulling me down, drawing me into the city in the valley that is harder and busier than the calm mountain top. He is actually in the valley right now, in the hard bustle and craziness of the city, calling me to come to him there.
While I’m comfortable on the mountain, if I stay up here knowing where God is pulling me, I will become uncomfortable up here. I don’t want to ruin the experience of being on the mountain for rest purposes, so I think I’ll start climbing down to meet God in the valley. That also means at some point I’ll get to climb back up and see the beauty again!
God is in the valley, and to be in his will I need to start climbing down the mountain. I don’t know what is at the bottom, except that there is a busy, chaotic city, and God is there waiting for me. I wonder what he’s got in store down there…
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