Today during the morning service I had a vision while worshiping..... I was standing on a high mountain above clouds and the view beyond was amazing......then the Lord spoke to my heart ....it takes faith and trust to climb a mountain...one has to believe it will hold them up and that the view must be spectacular. I don't think we would want to climb a mountain with no view to reward the effort. Trust keeps us climbing and believing even if the path is difficult. I remember climbing on my hands and knees once because the wind was so strong it could blow us over if we stood up. Once on top the views are so revealing....the Lord was wooing me to a place I could see so much more than what I saw in the valley of weeping. I was reminded in the message afterwards of Elisha & Gehazi in the Old Testament being surrounded by the enemy and how Gehazi was panicking but Elisha was not. So Elisha prayed that Gehazi eyes would be opened to see what he could see....and it happened. Gehazi could see an army of angels surrounding them....
I get overwhelmed when I can't see, when I feel surrounded by burdens like grief, loneliness, the cares for my house, bills, snowstorms, work....etc.. I have to leave the valley by prayer, worship, reading the Word and meditating in quiet..... then all of a sudden I am above it looking down and seeing it from God's perspective....what a view! I am lifted up and sigh at such beauty, His love & grace to me are majestic like the view from a great mountain. I wrote this poem after just such a "climb". I hope it will encourage you to leave your valley and take in Jesus.....
"When I am in the valley
I can't see where paths may lead
Surrounded by a forest
a clear view is what I need
I look up and see a mountain
a hill above the trees
I walk in that direction
climbing with the breeze
when I finally reach the top
the pain is felt so keen
Yet when I look about
what wonders to be seen
I stand and catch my breath
I gasp, I gape, I sigh
to think what I would miss
If I had passed it by
the many paths and trails
you can see for miles around
you know now where they're going
and at the end what may be found
I feel a story here
One that I must tell
when you are in confusion
and cannot see so well
Hear the Savior calling
come to His mountain top
cease from all your struggling
cause your mind to stop
raise your hands in worship
lay your burdens at His feet
get still before His Presence
till you feel His soft heartbeat
your eyes will then be opened
His truth will come in view
in wisdom you will know
which path He's leading to
so come now from you valley
to the mountain of the Lord
He'll show you where your path is
but will show you so much more
as you gaze into His splendor
You'll gasp and gape and sigh
just think what would be missed
if you had passed Him by..... C Fortin
