Sometimes, life is hard. It feels like
you are making no progress. You just
want to turn around and go the
other way--any way but the awful
path you seem to be stuck on.
God taught me something else He
will do with those mountains. The
book of Isaiah is one of my favorites,
and this verse has blessed me all day,
the more and more I think about it.
But you can't. The illness won't go
away. Your kids won't behave. The
job doesn't get any better. Your
marriage isn't mending. The bank
account is empty.
I will turn all my mountains into
roads. Isaiah 49:11a NIV
So, what do you do? You keep
plugging on. You keep climbing that
mountain, hoping against hope that
you'll make it to the top and back
through to the other side in one
piece.
That mountain. We all have
mountains we're trying to climb,
barriers that are keeping us from
where we want to be, that are
making getting there (wherever
"there" may be) tough.
The battles we face--the mountains
we climb--will become direct paths
to God's will for us. As we hike up
that seemingly insurmountable peak,
the Lord will use it to lead us on the
path He wants us to follow. The very
struggles we are experiencing will
become the road that leads us to the
precise location where God wants us.
So, if you're hiking one of those
mountains, thinking you can't handle
another day, press on. You may just
be on just the right road, and God is
right there with you.
And that's the best place to be.
But, do you know what? Those
mountains are not truly our
(c) Joanne Sher 2011
mountains. Sure, they're affecting us, Joanne Sher is a Christian writer saved out of Judaism,
traveling rough roads with God's strength. She loves to
but they don't belong to us.
blog, encourage, write, and spend time with her family.
Learn more about her at http://www.joannesher.com.
Those mountains--those struggles-are God's. He knows about them. He
allowed them to block our path. In
many cases, He put them there.
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