Something else to overcome….

You know life can be hard sometimes. It is always a series of ups and downs, hills and valleys, with short moutain top experiences. Valleys are the low spots, the dark times, the places where the sun don’t reach very often and they are the places where we look up to God and cry out for help. The hills are the climb out of the valleys, the way out and the way up but they require effort. Think of the last time you climbed a hill and you were short of breath due to the exertion, it took effort and left you winded but you made it to the top. Not easy by any means to make the climb but worth it because it is the way out of the valley. Then, you have the mountain top, which is a small part of land that is higher than everything around it and you can see for miles. This is the cool place to be and you really want to hang out here and keep this sense of elation, but like I said, it is a small piece of land and you can stay there only for a while. If you were to stay here too long even this wonderful place would lose it’s appeal. Then you have the journey back down, sometimes it is slow and manageable, sometimes it is way too fast and terrifying, sometimes you go all the way back down to the valley and other times you go only a little way then start the climb again. Ultimately in life there is always something else to overcome…………

There is no choice to be made really, it is just a truth. If you are going to live then you have to overcome, no matter what you are facing today if you choose life then you choose to overcome . Here are the lyrics to my favorite song by Steven Curtis Chapman….

Steven Curtis Chapman The Mountain Lyrics

I want to build a house up on this mountain
Way up high where the peaceful waters flow
To quench my thirsty soul
Up on the mountain

CHORUS

My faith is strengthened by all that I see
You make it easy for me to believe up on the mountain
Oh, up on the mountain

I would love to live up on this mountain
And keep the pain of living life so far away
But I know I can’t stay
Up on the mountain

CHORUS

I said I’d go, Lord, wherever You lead
For where You are is where I most want to be
And I can tell we’re headed for the valley
My faith is strengthened by all that I’ve seen
So Lord help me remember what You’ve shown me
Up on the mountain

CHORUS 2
You bring me up here on this mountain
For me to rest and learn and grow
I see the truth up on the mountain And I carry it to the world far below
So as I go down to the valley
Knowing that You will go with me
This is my prayer, Lord
Help me to remember what You’ve shown me
Up on the mountain
Up on the mountain

I cherish these times up on the mountain
But I can leave this place because I know
Someday You’ll take me home to live forever
Up on the mountain

That last verse says it all, “I can leave this place because I know someday you’ll take me home…”

Psalms 62

5 Let all that I am wait quietly before God,
for my hope is in him.
6 He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress where I will not be shaken.
7 My victory and honor come from God alone.
He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.
8 O my people, trust in him at all times.
Pour out your heart to him,
for God is our refuge.

Something else to overcome is made more manageable and is filled with hope if you recognize your need for God and realize that He is with you all the way, all the time, and has all you need. “o my people, trust in Him at all times”….

~ by gregcoe on January 19, 2009.