Mountain Top

(Gen 22:14 NKJV)  And Abraham called the name of the place, The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, "In the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided."

the other night i was reading to Ian before bed. when we came to this part it jumped out at me. and what really hit me was this

"In the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided."

in the mountain of the Lord it shall be provided. several things come to mind. one of course is Jesus. on calvary mount it was provided for us. He shed His blood to pay for our sins. God provided on His mountain.

another thing that comes to mind is how many times do we say something like this "it was a mountain top experience ?" when we feel close to Jesus we always seem to call it being on the mountain top. so when it says "In the Mount of the LORD it shall be provided." we find that God requires something from us. looking back in the story Abraham was about to sacrifice his son. but he was stopped because he showed great faithfulness to God. and there he found a mountain top experience . i am not saying that every time we must sacrifice something to have this "mountain top experience ." the sacrifice has already been paid, but there are times that God requires us to give up something of ourselves in order to remain obedient to Him.

so let me seek out the Mount of the Lord. let me seek out Jesus on the cross, for there i find the sacrifice and the grace to remain in Him, and He in i.