Lake Tahoe Mountains
Do you wonder about the journey you are taking in life? Are you sometimes disappointed about the delays, pain, hurts, brokenness, and detours? Do you long to arrive at a place where you are totally at peace with yourself and with what you are doing? Have you ever felt as if you’ve arrived at a point where everything seems to be working well only to find that it’s only a moment in time? Just enough R&R (rest and recuperation) for you to catch your breath before another wave hits. I think most of us would answer yes to some of these questions.
Well, I think I have an answer! Yes, that’s what I said, I have an answer. So what is it? The answer is it’s all working together for your ultimate good and best possible outcome.
Several of us are reading Hinds’ Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard. This is my second time reading the book. I read it three years ago and it gave me such insight about the journey that I was taking. I felt as if I was the main character in the book and as she took her journey to the High Places so did I. I empathized with each delay and setback that she experienced with heartfelt agony. Every question that she asked of the shepherd who promised that he would take her on this journey, I’ve asked in my prayer and talk time with God.
Come on now, you know that sometimes life just doesn’t seem fair and you want answers. Even Habakkuk had questions for God before he wrote the last two verses of the book.
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
The Lord God is my strength; He will make my feet like
deer’s feet and He will make me walk on my high hills.
Habakkuk 3:18-19 NLT
You and I are on our individual journey to our high place. Below are some insights that I gleaned from the trip up this point:
- Trust God! You only have part of the story and you need the complete picture if you are to be successful; so trust him for the rest of the story.
- Ask God to show you your real beauty. What is that distinctive quality about you that causes you to stand out? Is it your warmth, your trusting eyes, your wisdom, or your hugs that give comfort to all you embrace?
- Remove the worm of fear from your life—it is the major hindrance to your faith.
- Stop being so impatient! Impatience causes us to doubt, but it can also bring us to the cave of self-pity, resentment, and bitterness.
- Postponements are not contradictions of God’s promises to you; they are sometimes designed for the best to become possible. You can read that on page 82, it floored me.
- Sorrow and suffering are part of life. In his book, Right People, Right Place, and Right Plan, Jenzten Franklin said, “Suffering never leaves you where it finds you; you either become bitter or better.” The outcome is up to us.
- Everything about you is significant to God. There isn’t a tear that you’ve cried, anger you’ve felt, or joy that you’ve experienced that escapes his gaze. You’re probably saying to yourself, that sounds nice, however, if my experiences haven’t escaped his gaze, why doesn’t He do something about the challenges I are now facing? The answer is maybe, just maybe, he is waiting on you to trust him!
Closings Thoughts
Keep aiming for the high places. Your transformation has already begun in the secret places of your heart. You will develop the strength and the character that you need to walk on YOUR high place IF you trust in him and trust him completely. Remember, it’s all working together for your ultimate good and best possible outcome.
My Disclamier
I haven’t arrived yet. I think I still have a few valleys, mountains, and caverns to go through. I’ll get there…
