Psalm 68:15-18
English Standard Version (ESV)
15 O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan;
O many-peaked[a] mountain, mountain of Bashan!
16 Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain,
at the mount that God (A)desired for his abode,
yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?
17 (B)The chariots of God are twice ten thousand,
thousands upon thousands;
the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.
18 (C)You ascended on high,
(D)leading a host of captives in your train
and (E)receiving gifts among men,
even among (F)the rebellious, (G)that the Lord God may dwell there.
O many-peaked[a] mountain, mountain of Bashan!
16 Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain,
at the mount that God (A)desired for his abode,
yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?
17 (B)The chariots of God are twice ten thousand,
thousands upon thousands;
the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.
18 (C)You ascended on high,
(D)leading a host of captives in your train
and (E)receiving gifts among men,
even among (F)the rebellious, (G)that the Lord God may dwell there.
In
a few days I am planning on a trip to Denver, Colorado. While there I will get to gaze upon the
mountains and admire their beauty. They are so beautiful but when you are on the mountain it is a difficult
road to climb. As I thought about the
two mountains in this passage I began to visualize the road on both of those
mountains. Neither promises to be an
easy road when you are traveling to the top but one leads to reward and one
leads to destruction.
If
I am going to climb a mountain I certainly want there to be a reward at the
top. In this passage we find a contrast
between two mountains. There is a
mountain with one direction and one peak, the peak is God. The mountain with many peaks may include,
money, success, notoriety, and the worldly list goes on. When someone is climbing the mountain of God
they know that they only have one destination to get to, there are not multiple
highs but only one high, the very top of that peak. Now, when one climbs the mountain with many
peaks they may find satisfaction in each one of those successes but they never
find satisfaction and in the end, when they have reached the very highest peak,
they will find emptiness and discontent because what they have been searching
for, working for, will not be there.
As
we climb the mountain of this life, are we seeking God and gaining strength in
Him or are we trying to do it on our own strength? Are we climbing the right mountain or are we
simply searching in the wrong place? As
you seek Him, you will know but if you find yourself on the wrong mountain with
the wrong guide, simply stop, turn around and run to God who will guide you
gently to the top.
Seeking
Him with all my heart,
Sheila
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