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 and allow Him to talk to me.
As you may have observed, during the days
when Christ was getting ready to appoint his chosen Apostles; or 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.
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-minded 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 +
The heavens declare the glory of God…
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