Get thee up into the high mountain.
Isaiah 40:9
"OUR
knowledge of Christ is somewhat like climbing one of our
mountains.
--When you are at the base you see but little: the mountain
itself 
appears to be but one-half as high as it really is.
--Confined in a
little valley, you discover scarcely anything but the rippling brooks
as they descend into the stream at the foot of the mountain.
--Climb the
first rising knoll, and the valley lengthens and widens beneath your
feet.
--Go higher, and you see the country for four or five miles round,
and you are delighted with the widening prospect.
--Mount still, and the
scene enlarges; till at last, when you are on the summit, and look east,
west, north, and south, you see almost all lying before you.
*Now, the
Christian life is of the same order.
When we first believe in Christ we
see but little of Him. The higher we climb the more we discover of His
beauties. But who has ever gained the summit? Who has known all the
heights and depths of the love of Christ which passes knowledge?
Get thee up, dear friend, into the high mountain." Charles Spurgeon
