CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN

Luke 6:12

In those days, [Jesus] departed to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.

I would sometime withdraw from the world and live in silence for a moment – away from it all - from people, noise, cell phones, emails, calls – and experience stimulation of life to be with God. I get away from all of the problems and wants in my life - I get away from all of that to just be alone with God and try to understand what He really wants from me. I would climb each mountain of despair just to be with Him and allow Him to talk to me.

As you may have observed, there were days when Christ was getting ready to appoint his chosen Apostles, in the days before he turned his face to Jerusalem to die and take us with Himself to God. Or before He was tempted by the devil. Before he did all of those courageous things, he took time to turn to the Father by going to the mountain and spending the day or night in prayer. This mountain-climbing prayer belongs not only to Christ but to all of His true followers. Not all those who pray climb the mountain but those who pray well, who rise up and triumph over sins and into higher goods. Climb onto the summit of watchfulness and experience the love from on high.

Which mountains are you facing today? Mountains of decision? Mountains of work? Mountains of despair? Mountains of temptations? There's another mountain which you need to climb before dealing with these other mountains. It's the mountain of prayer to the Lord.

Not by physical exploits but by high-spirited actions will you scale this mountain. Follow Christ and search the Gospel. You will find that only His disciples climbed up the mountain with the Lord.

Let us pray +

Almighty Father, I realize that I have a Life. It is way bigger than what I do. It is way higher than any mountain. It is way bigger than what anybody thinks of me. I have this Life with You.

Amen +

Through all the earth their voice resounds… to the ends of the world, their message.