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June 25th Morning
“Get thee up into the high mountain.” — Isaiah 40:9
Our knowledge of Christ is somewhat like climbing one of our Welsh mountains. When you are at the base you see but little: the mountain itself appears to be but one-half as high as it really is. Confined in a little valley, you discover scarcely anything but the rippling brooks as they descend into the stream at the foot of the mountain. Climb the first rising knoll, and the valley lengthens and widens beneath your feet. Go higher, and you see the country for four or five miles round, and you are delighted with the widening prospect. Mount still, and the scene enlarges; till at last, when you are on the summit, and look east, west, north, and south, you see…
almost all England lying before you. Yonder is a forest in some distant
county, perhaps two hundred miles away, and here the sea, and there a
shining river and the smoking chimneys of a manufacturing town, or the
masts of the ships in a busy port. All these things please and delight you,
and you say, “I could not have imagined that so much could be seen at this
elevation.” Now, the Christian life is of the same order. When we first
believe in Christ we see but little of Him. The higher we climb the more we
discover of His beauties. But who has ever gained the summit? Who has
known all the heights and depths of the love of Christ which passes
knowledge? Paul, when grown old, sitting grey-haired, shivering in a
dungeon in Rome, could say with greater emphasis than we can, “I know
whom I have believed,” for each experience had been like the climbing of a
hill, each trial had been like ascending another summit, and his death
seemed like gaining the top of the mountain, from which he could see the
whole of the faithfulness and the love of Him to whom he had committed
his soul. Get thee up, dear friend, into the high mountain.
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“Get thee up into the high mountain.” — Isaiah 40:9
Our knowledge of Christ is somewhat like climbing one of our Welsh mountains. When you are at the base you see but little: the mountain itself appears to be but one-half as high as it really is. Confined in a little valley, you discover scarcely anything but the rippling brooks as they descend into the stream at the foot of the mountain. Climb the first rising knoll, and the valley lengthens and widens beneath your feet. Go higher, and you see the country for four or five miles round, and you are delighted with the widening prospect. Mount still, and the scene enlarges; till at last, when you are on the summit, and look east, west, north, and south, you see…
almost all England lying before you. Yonder is a forest in some distant
county, perhaps two hundred miles away, and here the sea, and there a
shining river and the smoking chimneys of a manufacturing town, or the
masts of the ships in a busy port. All these things please and delight you,
and you say, “I could not have imagined that so much could be seen at this
elevation.” Now, the Christian life is of the same order. When we first
believe in Christ we see but little of Him. The higher we climb the more we
discover of His beauties. But who has ever gained the summit? Who has
known all the heights and depths of the love of Christ which passes
knowledge? Paul, when grown old, sitting grey-haired, shivering in a
dungeon in Rome, could say with greater emphasis than we can, “I know
whom I have believed,” for each experience had been like the climbing of a
hill, each trial had been like ascending another summit, and his death
seemed like gaining the top of the mountain, from which he could see the
whole of the faithfulness and the love of Him to whom he had committed
his soul. Get thee up, dear friend, into the high mountain.
To make sure you never miss an episode, please subscribe today wherever you listen to podcasts.
Producer: Todd Adkins
Voice Artist: Ian Cullen
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