TELL IT ON A MOUNTAIN

This is a line from a old song. A nice sentiment, maybe not the one that reflects life in a way we wish it would be lived though.

But then I do find it very satisfying to think that perhaps God has a path for us that truly is for us a mountain top experience. Mountain tops being a nice image of some truly moving experience.

They do happen. Perhaps not as often as we like, but they can happen. The most important thing to me is focusing on being ready for when those moments come.

Far and wide apart as they might be, it is wonderful to experience. But life can not be built on such moments.

No matter how hard it is for us to embrace that desire. We have to embrace the simple reality of listening to God's wind.

That is the breath of his Holy Spirit. It can rush across our lives in unexpected ways. One that will enable us to have spiritual passion.

It might seem like a strange word to associate with spirituality, but I have really come to appreciate its merit.

For without the heart of desire to trust God with all our hearts, we simple fall down in the ice bergs of the days. Feeling cold and lifeless, wish to give up at the first storm.

Nothing will kill the joy of salvation quicker that boredom. And if we sit around dreaming of life before our current condition it can be so sad.

If we get stuck in a lament mode. Then we never grow. Just flounder. And that never leads to a mountain that God truly blesses.

So we move ahead with the right focus. To see the mountain top from God's point of view.

It isn't about getting high. It is about inhaling the air of his visions. One which lead us to see God more clearly.

Doing that will bless. For we will see what is his will. And learn in the process. Otherwise it does not bless us.

For we neither grow or mature in our relationship. We might still crave the mountain top, but not for the reasons that God wants.

And in the process we never walk we he wants in the valley. Where the mountain top can still be felt if we him to reveal it.