. . . Jesus took . . . them up on a high mountain apart by themselves . . . —Mark 9:2
We are inclined to think that everything that happens is to be turned into useful teaching. In actual fact, it is to be turned into something even better than teaching, namely, character. The mountaintop is not meant to teach us anything, it is meant to make us something. There is a terrible trap in always asking, “What’s the use of this experience?” We can never measure spiritual matters in that way. The moments on the mountaintop are rare moments, and they are meant for something in God’s purpose.
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October 1, 2013
Lord, why is it that I seem to be much more pliable and connected when I am experiencing the rain and valleys of this life Lord? Was it C S Lewis that said C.S. Lewis said, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains?… It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” I wish I were not so hard of hearing Lord, and could and would hear you very clearly all the time.
And God says…”I know the human condition very well. I too wish it were simply a matter of us talking and walking along together, being connected in relationship. But the fact of the matter is that in your fallen world, you will always experience and cause heartbreak and pain. You will always seek your own counsel, chase after your own pleasures and paths to avoid pain. And there will be times on the mountaintop where you will be well connected to Me. But much like a child, you turn to Me in your times of struggle, doubt and pain. Those are the times that you pay very close attention to Me. Those are the refining times of your life.”
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