Climb your mountain!

“There is no top. There are always further heights to reach” (Jascha Heifetz, widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time). The Lord is calling each one of us to reach new heights in our spiritual life and in the effectiveness of our ministry. “Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31 NKJV)

We often settle for small things in life. Like Lot we ask for “small towns” and small mountains (Gen. 19:20). We get comfortable with our little achievements. We accept broken relationships as a norm of life. We give up on our spiritual quest. Challenges and troubles of life suppress even the desire itself to seek higher ground. Eventually we become completely sieged by the dark and painful circumstances that control our present and take away our future.

I invite you to run to the mountains (Gen. 19:17), to claim the promised heights (Jos. 14:12), to “get up into the high mountain” (Is. 49:9). Our God “shall come with a strong  hand (Isaiah 40:10). He will give you wisdom and power to restore your broken marriage, to finish your college education, to overcome your spiritual doubts, to refinance your mortgage, to forgive your enemies.

I challenge you to “lift up your eyes” in 2012, to “mount up with wings like eagles”! Amazing new perspectives open up only from the top of the mountains.

Happy New Year to you.