Wednesday, June 29, 2022

The High Mountain

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