High Point

To celebrate July 4th my church family went on a picnic. As we were walking up to the picnic area off to the side the park staff was assembling a “mock” mountain for mountain climbing activities. For reasons I did not immediately understand I found myself fascinated by the sight of this large mock mountain. Not realizing that the Lord would later reveal to me why my attention was drawn to the mountain I dismissed it as just my curiosity. As we were leaving at the end of the picnic the Lord again drew my attention to the mountain, but this time, because the event was over and they were dismantling everything, the mountain was now laying on its side. I remember thinking how “strange” to see a mountain on its side.

And the Lord says, “The horizontal movement is over, it’s time for you to vertically ascend! I have positioned you high on a mountain for I Am raising you up to give you a new vision of your future. I declare that your perspective will change as you come up higher. No longer are to proceed on a horizontal path for you have been in a lying down and a reclining position for far too long. And I say to you today, no more going around the same old mountain for I have brought you through your wilderness place and I Am now bringing you up the mountain of your God. In the days ahead I will propel you on a vertical journey where you will advance through successive levels that were once insurmountable with great tenacity and strength. You must now ascend and travel on the path that I have ordained for you in an upward momentum that I have now released by My Spirit. Find your footing at a new place in the mountain and come up higher My beloved; so when you traverse the road ahead your feet shall be firmly planted on the path that I have ordained for you. You must be confident to maneuver in this new place through faith-filled submission and obedience. Your worship and praise will be as wind beneath your feet. If you are going to advance unhindered you must use your faith to climb this mountain."Again I say, be confident My child for you are being elevated spiritually and as you continue on in your persistence and endurance you will see the manifestation in this new place and you gain all the strength to keep moving forward. Come up higher My beloved.”

Let this be your confession of faith:

I am known by God. I have been set apart and I am chosen. God has put His word in my mouth and watches over it to make certain that it comes to pass. I will do what God has instructed me to do and I will say as He has told me to say. I will not be afraid for He has made me strong; He has fortified me in Himself. He will always be with me for He cares for me.

Adapted from Jeremiah 1