Do You Look to the Hills?

I often contemplate what lies ahead in my life and walk with God and I mostly find that I am grateful for all He’s done in my life. I have had some amazing experiences and met some amazing people. Mostly, I’m blessed to have my own amazing little family. I often ponder these things and I often find myself amazed by His goodness. Yet we’re still on the journey…

There’s yet more to come. More spiritual conquests, more people to meet, more places to go, more facets and aspects of God to discover. I find that I can’t afford to stop the pursuit. It’s a never ending hunger and thirst after righteousness that will only be fully quenched when I enter Heaven.

Like Moses, I’ve found myself in places and times of fear and uncertainty. I’ve found myself unsure of His calling and mandate and how I should face it.

Like Elijah, I’ve found myself at times unaware that there are many more who haven’t bowed to the pressures and pursuits of this world.

Like Isaiah, I’ve seen His glory and found myself falling short. I’ve asked Him to take the coals and cleanse my lips. I’ve been cleansed and I am utterly amazed by His grace and mercy.

Like Jonah, I’ve found myself at times unwilling to speak His word, blinded by man’s perspectives rather than focusing on how God sees a situation.

Like Paul, I’ve been converted from sinner to saint. I was once not a persecutor of the church but a rogue backslider (which is one and the same). I lived life in pursuit of pleasure and like Romans 1 says, the Lord gave me over to those unseemly desires until I finally came to my senses.

Like Peter I have denied Him. Like Judas, I have betrayed Him. Like Thomas, I have doubted Him.

Yet…Like John, I have loved Him. Like Matthew, I have trusted Him. Like Moses, I have pursued Him…and like Jesus, I have surrendered all to Him and made Him Lord over all.

I was raised a Christian, backslid when I came to the United States and found God again 5 years later. He apprehended me, drew me near, and has kept me for the last 15 years. The sins I got myself into no longer hound me and the glory of the Lord that is before me is all I desire to pursue.

There’s so much more in Him and it’s all I want to see. I know there are many more out there who desire to see His glory. Let the light of His glory shine upon us all the days of our lives. He has saved us from the power of darkness into His eternal Kingdom.