Date: 04-Jan-2024
Name: Lakers Komaiya
Topic: COME UP THIS MOUNTAIN
Content:
Psalm 24:1-6 - “The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein.
2 For He has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the waters.
3 Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to an idol*, *nor sworn deceitfully.
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face. Selah”
The 3 Main Things People Strive For in Life
- The fullness of the earth: Security | “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written, ‘He shall give His angels charge over You.’
- The world: Power | “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
- Those who dwell therein: Recognition | “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”
Advantages of coming up the mountain
1. Spiritual health. Spiritual fitness and benefits are huge
2. Vision. You see things very few people get to see
3. Humility. Lesson on virtues such as patience, persistence, and gratitude
4. Company. You will be in company of few people who thirst to climb.
5. Perspective. Long-term range and horizon. Understanding times and seasons.
3 Mountains to Climb
1. Mountain of possibility
Mark 11:23 - “Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”
2. Mountain of supernatural living
Hebrews 10:38-39 - “Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.”
3. Mountain of the Mind of Christ
1 Corinthians 2:16 - “For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.”
Prayer Points:
Pay Attention to These
- Deeds: Psalm 24:4a - “He who has clean hands and a pure heart…”
“The true test of a man’s character is what he does when nobody is watching” - John Wooden
- Desires: Psalm 3:4b - “…Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol…”
Everything a man attempts to achieve in order to boost his ego is a counterfeit of the glory he lost in the Garden of Eden.
- Deceitfulness: Psalm 24:4c-5 - …Nor sworn deceitfully. *He shall receive blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.”
“The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.” - Thomas Macaulay
The summit of our ambition should be to seek God and his righteousness.
