Come to the Mountain of the Lord

Rochelle developed a preparation guide for Mountain Camp this year. You can imagine my delight when I saw the title…”Forty Days of Preparation to Come to the Mountain of the Lord.” How perfect!!! The materials have been great, but today’s theme is particularly resonating with me…

James 4:7-8 -“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw high to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord and he shall lift you up.” 

In the valley, I often experienced an absence of the Holy Spirit in my life. I rarely felt God’s Spirit, and if I did, I questioned its authenticity. While I was intellectually self-actualized and fully aware of the reason for the void, I felt paralyzed by my own apathy. Through prayer, fasting, and repentance the Holy Spirit is working within me to resist the devil….and he is, indeed, fleeing from me! I have been asking myself lately what I am willing to give up for the Lord? As I struggle with reoccurring sins…I am being honest with myself…is any amount of sin acceptable before the Lord? Will Christ accept my rationalization and procrastination? Of course, the answer is no; however, the catch is translating intellectual thought to practice. And so...I will

continue to cleanse myself and seek Him...because, well, afterall....what else matters?

We’re marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion, we’re marching onward to Zion the beautiful City of God