STRENGTH WHEN MEETING THE MOUNTAIN

STRENGTH WHEN MEETING THE MOUNTAIN        Zechariah 4:7-14 Who are you, O great mountain? …

Monday, May 18, 2020

  In Zechariah’s time some 2500 years ago Rabbis were sometimes deemed “mountain removers”.

  One not need be a person of titled leadership to be a mountain mover. God promises courage to meet life’s mountains. Study history and see the uncredentialed that removed mountains. Think of those you’ve known or presently know that shovel in hand quietly stand then labor when confronted with life’s mountains.

  My coming from a childhood of making “A mountain out of a molehill.” (Grandmother McGee’s often warning words directed at my way.), trusting God to develop me into a 2Timothy 2:1-2 mountain man continues to be quite an experience. One difficult part of which was maturing not largely by mountaintop experiences, but seeing most of my mountains as what they truly were: molehills. The first big step was realizing His vision of life topography eliminating most of the fruitless climbing in my life.

  This process was greatly aided by dear Ann, she already possessing godly view. (Another essay that should be added to HOW TO PICK A SPOUSE series?)

  Consider that few of life’s mountains are rock and soil, but constructed of our and others’ life-view; including often standing low looking up molehill as though it an alp. But all are not molehill exaggerated, are they? There be mountains! My greatest mountain as yet having faced being the loss of my beloved helpmeet.

  A notation in an old file states “Great things happen when godly people and mountains meet. The rest go jostling through the streets amid the maddening crowds. Magnificent things happen when people and mountains meet while trusting Christ.”

  I leave you this morning with a verse for our day, yea for our life. It is from Zechariah to Zerubbabel when he faced range of alps to climb and molehills to stumble over. I encourage carrying it with you, reading often until your view of mountains and molehills becomes level in His manner.

“Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the LORD of hosts.”

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