COME
UP THE MOUNTAIN
“And
seeing the multitudes, He went up into a mountain: and when He was set, His
disciples came unto Him: And He opened His mouth, and taught them, saying,
(Matthew 5:1-2)
Everyone
can be on the ground or jump into the valley to meet with Jesus but very few
can pay the price of climbing the mountain to have a close fellowship with the
Lord. Multitude can throng after Jesus for what they want if Jesus is still on
the ground with them, but only disciples can sacrifice their all to ignore what
they have and who they are to climb up to meet the Master.
Jesus,
who could not be confused, gave a little test to the crowd who were thronging
after Him. He knew the hearts of men and so He refused to be confused with
numbers, He proceeded to be sure of who His disciples really are. Multitudes
want things and goods but the disciples want God and His righteousness. The crowd
wants bread for free but the disciples wants the living bread and they are
ready to pay any price to climb up the hills to meet with the One who is the
living bread.
Jesus
was sent to come down to our level of humanity so that He can raise us up to
His own level of spirituality and divinity. He does not have to continue to
pamper us at the state and level we are, He must take us to several heights per
time until the heights becomes our normal habitation (Ps 15, 24:4-6). If He
must bring us up to His level, He must not continue to make us feel like the
plain is our place, He does have to stretch us and take us out of our comfort
zone into His own comfort zone so that His own comfort zone can become ours.
Men
who will be made by God and who will represent God in this generation are men
who are ready to leave the congregation of the multitude and despise the pain
and agony of climbing the mountain to meet with Jesus. They are men who find no
peace and comfort without being with their Master. They do all they can to
return to Him each time they realise that they have left their mountain state
of fellowship with the Master. These are men who are ready to distinguish
themselves from the crowd and they are ready to damn the consequences of
persecution from their colleagues.
However,
it is good to note that no one will climb this mountain top with Jesus and will
have his time wasted. Immediately they got to the mountain top with Jesus, He
began to speak to them. Jesus cannot afford to waste the time of those who pay
the price of climbing the mountain top with Him. He will always open His heart
up to them because they are men that can be trusted with the oracles of God. The
men are the plain just wanted to see miracles, but men at the mountain want to
see Him and hear His words. Moses was a man of the mountain little wonder God
made His ways known to Moses and His acts (miracles) to the children of Israel.
Men who have the ways command the acts.
I
charge you this day to despise all the comfort of the plain and the valley and
come up higher because Jesus is seated waiting for you to come and hear His
words and fellowship with Him so that He can show you great and mighty things
which thou knowest not.
