Getting A GOD-Eye View (Part 2) | The Worshipper's Thought of the Day

It's not easy climbing the mountain of worship because it requires us to put aside all the doubts and fears associated with our life situations.  There must be a steadfast determination in worshippers to push past everything that would attempt to arrest our attention and paralyze our forward progress.  Otherwise, we will never ascend to the place of worship where unto GOD desires to meet with us.  Abraham was able to make up his mind to climb Moriah and offer the sacrifice GOD required of him because his mind wasn't on what he could possibly lose.  Just as he indicated in the valley BEFORE he started the climb, Abraham's mind was on seeing the manifestation of GOD's provision (Genesis 22:7-8).

It was in the low place that Abraham declared in faith to his two servants that both he and Isaac would go up to worship and they both would return afterwards (Genesis 22:5).  Abraham was sure of this because he believed GOD would provide Himself a sacrifice.  He didn't waste time trying to figure out how GOD was going to make a way.  Abraham believed GOD and made the climb.  Unfortunately, for many of us, we can't make the climb because our minds are consumed with what we can't affect.  We worry and we fret, yet our worrying doesn't change the situation and our fretting won't help us feel any better about things.  It's through the eyes of faith that we see beyond the present circumstances, so we can overrule our emotions and press our way into GOD's presence.

If you are experiencing a particularly hard time just getting yourself to the place of worship, allow me to encourage you.  Know that your condition is not your conclusion.  So whatever your situation may be at this present moment, don't let it keep you from GOD's presence.  Let it catapult you there.  GOD loves you and He wants to meet with you, but--as an act of your faith--you need to ascend from the valley of your situation to the mountain peak.  It takes arising from the low points of our lives and pursuing a GOD-eye view atop the mountain of worship in order to experience manifested breakthroughs in our lives.  It may be dark in the valley and we may feel too tired to endure the climb, but the GOD-eye view is worth it.  If you've got to cry, then go ahead and cry...but keep on climbing.  The GOD-solution you need is found in the place of worship.

For more encouragement, I suggest checking out the following previously posted blogs:
Getting A GOD-Eye View (Part 1) | July 16, 2011
The Climb | December 30, 2010
Give Me This Mountain | December 31, 2010
Listen Here, Mountain | January 1, 2011