{"id":6694,"date":"2012-04-16T06:07:47","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T14:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wordpress\/?p=6694"},"modified":"2012-04-16T07:16:27","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T15:16:27","slug":"can-you-come-down-from-the-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=6694","title":{"rendered":"Can You Come Down From the Mountain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>While you have the light, believe in the light . . . \u2014John 12:36<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div id=\"post-994\">\n<div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i6UAGhJHmOw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nWe all have moments when we feel better than ever before, and we say, \u201cI feel fit for anything; if only I could always be like this!\u201d We are not meant to be. Those moments are moments of insight which we have to live up to even when we do not feel like it. Many of us are no good for the everyday world when we are not on the mountaintop. Yet we must bring our everyday life up to the standard revealed to us on the mountaintop when we were there.Never allow a feeling that was awakened in you on the mountaintop to evaporate. Don\u2019t place yourself on the shelf by thinking, \u201cHow great to be in such a wonderful state of mind!\u201d Act immediately\u2014 do something, even if your only reason to act is that you would rather not. If, during a prayer meeting, God shows you something to do, don\u2019t say, \u201cI\u2019ll do it\u201d\u2014 just <em>do<\/em><em>it<\/em>! Pick yourself up by the back of the neck and shake off your fleshly laziness. Laziness can always be seen in our cravings for a mountaintop experience; all we talk about is our planning for our time on the mountain. We must learn to live in the ordinary \u201cgray\u201d day according to what we saw on the mountain.Don\u2019t give up because you have been blocked and confused once\u2014 go after it again. Burn your bridges behind you, and stand committed to God by an act of your own will. Never change your decisions, but be sure to make your decisions in the light of what you saw and learned on the mountain.<\/div>\n<div>____________________________________________________<\/div>\n<p>April 16, 2012<\/p>\n<p>Lord, sometimes You seem so close and I just know that we are connected. But for some reason Lord, I don\u2019t feel all that connected right now. Maybe this is the perfect time for this devotional. Even though I do not feel connected or covered by your mercy and grace, I am to \u2026 (as Chambers said) \u2026 <em>learn to live in the ordinary \u201cgray\u201d\u00a0day according to what we saw on the mountain.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And God says\u2026\u201d<em>That is the way of it. Do not trust your feelings. Your feelings are fickle, as is your heart. When you feel as if you have been slighted, hurt or abandoned by\u00a0your friends or\u00a0family\u00a0you can (and will)\u00a0often \u201ctransfer\u201d those feelings of abandonment over to Me. But I promised never to leave or forsake you. Recall that I also told you that nothing can separate you from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus,\u00a0nothing. So, regardless of where you are, what you have or have not done\u2026or how\u00a0you feel\u2026 or do not feel; recall these promises and live like you just heard these\u00a0promises directly from Me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While you have the light, believe in the light . . . \u2014John 12:36 We all have moments when we feel better than ever before, and we say, \u201cI feel fit for anything; if only I could always be like this!\u201d We are not meant to be. 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