Can You Come Down From the Mountain?

April 16th, 2013 by Dave Leave a reply »

While you have the light, believe in the light . . . —John 12:36

We all have moments when we feel better than ever before, and we say, “I feel fit for anything; if only I could always be like this!” 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’t place yourself on the shelf by thinking, “How great to be in such a wonderful state of mind!” Act immediately— 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’t say, “I’ll do it”— just doit! 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 “gray” day according to what we saw on the mountain.

Don’t give up because you have been blocked and confused once— 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.

Journal DJR
Good morning Lord, As usual, I could take away some guilt feelings from today’s message. But also as usual, I can also take away some good action points. I could feel guilty or like a failure with the mandate that I … “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.” My experience just hasn’t seemed to measure up to those standards.
But the idea of immediately acting on a revelation … that’s something that is more “bite sized” and not overwhelming. I still dont have it down perfectly, but it’s something that I can see progress in and gives me hope. You’re showing me now that doing the bite sized item that I can do … moves me along the continuum toward the thing that I can’t do. But you can.
So thanks, and thanks for your grace and non-condemnation

Romans 8:1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,

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