“Jesus taketh…them up into an high mountain apart.”~ Matt. 17:1
Some Christians are always looking for “mountain-top” experiences. They want to be on a spiritual high all the time. But it is important to realize that Jesus is the One who picks the time and place for such experiences. It is He who determines the when and the where, not we, ourselves.
Many of us, like Peter, think that such experiences are for long-term parking, but they are short-lived, at best. It is well to remember that in life’s long sentence, the capital letters are far fewer in comparison to the many lower-case ones. And so it is in the Christian life.
There is something else I have observed through the years about these spiritual mountain climbers. I notice they are swift to climb the Mount of Transfiguration but noticeably slow to ascend the Mount of Crucifixion. But, for the Christian who desires transformation, the order is the latter mountain comes first.
Mount Zion will be the Christian’s eternal mountain-top experience.
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