“He
makes my feet like hinds' feet, and sets me upon my high places.” Psalm 18:33
My heart has no desire to stay where doubts
arise and fears dismay; though some may dwell where those abound. My prayer, my aim is higher ground. Lord, lift me up and let me stand, by faith,
on Heaven’s tableland, a higher plane than I have found; Lord, plant my feet on
higher ground.
There are those who can live with
the things they don’t believe in; they are giving up their lives for something
that is less than it can be. Some have
longed for a home in a place of inspiration, some will find the emptiness
inside. By giving it all for the things
that they believe, they believe. Maybe
it’s just a dream in me. Maybe it’s just
my style. Maybe it’s the freedom that I
have found. Given the possibility of
living up to the dream in me, you know that I’ll be reaching for higher ground.
Both sound just a little bit similar, don’t
you think? Do you recognize these
lyrics? The first is from the familiar
hymn, written by Johnson Oatman, Jr. “Higher Ground”. The second is also titled “Higher Ground”,
written and performed by John Denver. The
message seems pretty clear. Life’s
mountain stands before us, but many refuse to climb it. They choose to just settle where they are,
never aspiring to go further; to reach higher and see what opportunities lie in
store for them. Why would anyone want to
just settle?
God meant for us to climb higher. He meant for us to keep the summit within our
goal. He meant for us to keep those
dreams alive. Granted, not all dreams
are obtained exactly how we may have planned.
However, we may find so much more that the Father blesses us with, when
reaching our goals tends to take a different route. Those are the unexpected gifts. That is God’s way of giving us a little “bonus”
for keeping our aspirations alive. When
we tend to slip and fall back downward, we just steel our wills and become more
determined to keep climbing. Sure, we
may have to recover a bit from the slip.
We may have to take a little time to regain our strength, but we press
onward. Instead of saying, “I’ll just
stay right here.” We should be saying, “I
got this far and I’m ready to see what is up ahead.”
Life is certainly showing me a different
route to the summit, then I had planned and plotted before. Being the journeyman that I am, you know that
I map out my routes along the trails. Be
that as it may, unexpected detours come up, pushing us to take a slightly
different way, while still moving toward the goal. That is having complete trust in God as our
Guide and Navigator.
For my family and I, we will all be
reaching for higher ground.
Yes we will!
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