Mountaintop

It's amazing the things that happen in my head while I'm driving. Ok, amazing might not be exactly the right word there. Interesting, perhaps? Anyway, here's the thought/revelation of the day: it used to be, in the beginning of my walk with the Lord, that I could literally feel the presence of God with me. Perhaps it was because although I had been a "Christian" for 10 years prior, I had never sought God. Walking with God was a completely foreign concept to me and so once I had decided to submit myself to God, I knew without a doubt that He was with me.

It's been a long time since I've felt God's presence. I know, intellectually, that He is with me, that He will never leave me nor forsake me, yet I cannot physically sense Him. It occurred to me today that just because I can't feel His presence with me doesn't mean that He isn't there. Perhaps, as I've hopefully grown in my faith, it will require more faith to believe that He is with me until the end of the age. And maybe, just maybe, I need to be more active in inviting Him in to the everyday things. Making Him a part of the dull, daily activities of life. Experiencing God in the valley as well as on the mountaintop. Which brings me to the lyrics of one of my current favorite songs:

"Mountaintop" The City Harmonic

The valley low that's where we'll make our homes
But this I know that's what He saved us from
Cause we've seen the glory of our King
On the mountaintop

We've been to the mountaintop
We've seen the glory of our God
He is here in the valley low
He's here I feel it in my bones
Our God here and now
We are the body of our God

Oh I don't care what happens to me now
I know for sure that we've been changed somehow
And we'll be the glory of our King
In His kingdom come

We've been to the mountaintop
We've seen the glory of our God
He is here in the valley low
He's here I feel it in my bones
Our God here and now
We are the body of our God

We build our temples
We build our walls
But they can't hold Him in
We are the temple of our God
But we can't hold Him in

We've been to the mountaintop
We've seen the glory of our God
He is here in the valley low
He's here I feel it in my bones
Our God here and now
We are the body of our God

(Click Here to hear the song)