Climbing the Mountain

Often God will use what we are called to do to change our character and bring healing from the past, then develop us into the person He wants us to become.

For those who are following the plan and purpose of God there will be mountains to climb. The first thing we have to know is; 'what is the Lord calling me to do?' For the person who is committed to the call of God on their lives, God has a plan for you.

American Alpine Institute

God wants you to fulfil that plan and to get on with the job of climbing in faith. Even to climb the whole mountain or to fulfil the big picture there are smaller ledges, banks and troughs to deal with on the way.

Are you still climbing or have you come to the place where you are just not able to continue? It might be that you are in a place where you can neither go up or down – you are just stuck?

In God’s plan for your life and mine there is provision to climb the mountain – to accomplish the climb. After all it’s God’s plan not ours and whatever He is calling us to do we will be able to do it. Often God will use what we are called to do to change our character and bring healing from the past, then develop us into the person He wants us to become.

In Genesis 22 we have an illustration of this in the life of Abraham. He was tested to the limit, even to the sacrifice of his own son Isaac. It’s only through our faith and obedience to the challenge that God puts before us that we find His provision.

Gospelimages

There is provision to fulfil the task set before you, but there are conditions. Abraham had no idea that there would be a ram in the thicket, His provision, see verse 13. Abraham looked up and there in the thicket he saw a ram caught by it's horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.

I want to encourage you to start to move forward, believing that God is with you. First believe that what you are being asked to do is from God and start to move. It’s in our willingness to move first that sets God’s plan of provision in motion. There is always a price to pay that brings the blessing and provision of God.

Author: John Yates

May God bless and enrich your life

Please feel free to share this article and other articles on this site with friends, family and others