So What's With The Title...........

Well, I'm glad that you asked. I remember a story that I read some years ago about a group of climbers that set out to scale a high mountian. This would be a long trip with grueling days of hard climbing ahead of them. As they set out on their journey they could see the summit, its beauty was something to behold. The snow capped peak set against the blue sky was a breath-taking sight and it highly encouraged all that were taking the trek. It was on days like this that they made their greatest progress. Seeing the top allowed them to press forward toward a common goal, to work together as one, and to direct their thoughts and energy to the summit ahead of them. However, this was not always the case, there were other days. Days when there were clouds in the sky, days when the peak of the mountain could not be seen. It was during these occurrences that the climb became demanding and difficult. Instead of all eyes being focus upward on the same prize, they were cast down toward the ground or outward toward other things. Complains and grumbles were a common replacement for the high hopes and dreams of those long forgotten eye-catching, stunning days.

Man, that sound like us doesn’t it?? When we are able to see that peak, as long as the goal is within sight there is nothing that we can’t do. But as soon as some obstacle gets in our way, as soon as our vision meets resistance then we become discouraged believing that all is lost. Just like the hikers lost sight of the summit we too lose sight of what has been set out before us. And when this happens we start trading our once unstoppable vision for the eyeglasses of an ordinary life.

That, however, is not how life was purposed. We all have been given a vision of the Summit! This is why God sent Jesus to this world, so that we could see Him. The problem with the world today is that the clouds of sin have surrounded us and we have forgotten the majesty of the summit. We all have personal goals and dreams; something that our heart has been set on to achieve. But, all of these visions have something in common, we must strive after them, they will not come to us. In stark comparison, our Salvation came to us! We don’t have to imagine the summit on cloudy days, it has already been revealed to us in the form of Jesus Christ. John 3:3 tells us that “unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

God came near, and getting a vision like that can be like starting a whole new life. We must take our eyes off the grounds of our own lives or off those around us and train them towards Him. We must become like Peter and become eyewitnesses of His majesty. And that is why the blog is labeled as it is, I have glimpsed the peak, I have seen the summit, and because of this I refuse to quit climbing until I reach the top. God has given me a vision that I refuse to let stand idly by as Satan devours the people of this earth. So let no mountain stand in your way, because you have already seen the summit!!