The Mountains
What is so significant about mountains? • Mountains signify God’s glory and his strength; they also represent the trials we face in this life. Psalm 121 lets us know to look up to the mountains, knowing that our help comes from the Lord who made heaven & earth. • The mountain top is also called a peak, so when we reach our peak, it gives us 2 choices: to either look down and be afraid of how far we’ve climbed, and turn back. Or to lift our hands in surrender and victory, to have a fresh new perspective of who God is. In 1 Kings 19:8-18, we see that Elijah was at his peak. He wanted to die; he told the Lord at Mount Horeb (the mountain) that he was zealous, but it still did not pay off; he felt like he was living in vain. As we all do at times, when we push and push, yet nothing happens. But what I have come to realize is that when you push, God pulls. (It is at the top of our mountains that the Lord speaks & instructs us.) The songwriter says, “My heart has no desir...