It never seases to amaze me how much energy i still waste trying to find my way by looking at my circumstances.  spending 5 minutes with God seeing through his eyes is like being brought up out of the forest and seing the path so clearly rather than wasting days trying to find it wondering through the jungle of circumstances.  I pray to remember it’s not about what is happening around me. How can we be his hands and feet with confidence and clarity?  This is not possible when  circumstances define me. Value is determined by the price paid.  There is no greater value than what Jesus paid for you and me.  Awareness of this Love is my high place with God where I can see clearly how to give back some of what was given to me so freely on Calvary

vlr

C. H. Spurgeon

May 15

God’s High Places

I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. (Psalm 91:14)

Does the Lord say this to me? Yes, if I have known His name. Blessed be the Lord, I am no stranger to Him. I have tried Him, proved Him, and known Him, and therefore do I trust Him. I know His name as a sin-hating God, for by His Spirit’s convincing power I have been taught that He will never wink at evil. But I also know Him as the sin-pardoning God in Christ Jesus, for He has forgiven me all trespasses. His name is faithfulness, and I know it, for He has never forsaken me though my troubles have multiplied upon me.

This knowledge is a gift of grace, and the Lord makes it to be the reason why He grants another grace-gift, namely, setting on high. This is grace upon grace. Observe that if we climb on high, the position may be dangerous; but if the Lord sets us there it is safe. He may raise us to great usefulness, to eminent experience, to success in service, to leadership among workers, to a father’s place among the little ones. If He does not do this, He may set us on high by near fellowship, clear insight, holy triumph, and gracious anticipation of eternal glory. When God sets us on high, Satan himself cannot pull us down. Oh, that this may be our case all through this day!

 CHS

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