Continuing on in our brief series, we will look to the things of creation in order to better understand the God who made them. Having grown up in and around the Rocky Mountains (the picture below was my view everyday for most of my formative years), it’s hard to overstate the beauty and majesty of the planet that God gave us to enjoy. The entire natural world sings His praises; let us consider it and do the same.
Morning Prayer: “Almighty God, as I cross the threshold of this day
I commit myself – soul, body, affairs, friends, to thy care; watch over, keep, guide, direct, sanctify, and bless me. Incline my heart to thy ways; mold me wholly into the image of Jesus, as a potter forms clay; may my lips be a well-tuned harp to sound thy praise; let those around see me living by thy Spirit, trampling the world underfoot, unconformed to lying vanities, transformed by a renewed mind, clad in the entire armor of God, shining as a never-dimmed light, and showing holiness in all my doings. Amen.”
Today’s Verses:
“In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.” - Psalm 95:4-5
“The mountains quake before him; the hills melt; the earth heaves before him, the world and all who dwell in it.” - Nahum 1:5
“In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God.” - Luke 6:12
The word “mountain” is used over 500 times in Scripture. Moses meets God on Mount Sinai. Christ Himself, with Peter, James, and John, withdraws to the Mount of Olives to pray, and is transfigured on the “Mount of Transfiguration,” believed to be Mount Tabor.
Most often, mountains convey a sense of scale, permanence, immovability, and grandeur. To show God’s power, Scripture says that the mountains quake before Him and hide from Him; to convey his omnipresence, that He surrounds His people as the mountains surround Jerusalem; and to express the efficacy of true faith, that the faithful believer who does not doubt will be able to throw the mountains into the sea. Mountains point us to a few different key points worthy of consideration:
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