Mountainous Impact -- A Humble Reminder

"I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From whence shall my help come? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth." Psalm 121:1-2

Yesterday's blog got a little lengthy, so today will be shorter. But that means that I won't finish the subject on "The Impact of Mountains" today. It will take a few days longer.

Yesterday, we saw that mountains reminded us (1) to fear God and stand in awe of Him (2) to remember that God is bigger than our problems and circumstances no matter how large they seem to be and (3) to reflect on the majesty of God as our King.

Here is an additional meditation about the mountains:

1. Humility -- Our verses from Psalm 121 speak of looking up or lifting our eyes up to the mountains. When it comes to mountains, there is really no way around it -- we are forced to look up! This can only be done from a low position. Obviously, the mountains are considerably higher and taller than we are. The mountains remind us of how much higher God is than us. From that high position, it is only natural that His thoughts and ways are considerably higher than ours. The prophet Isaiah stated it best: "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways," declares the LORD. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8-9) Mountains have the ability of keeping us humble before our God. Somehow they remind us that God has plans through our difficult circumstances that we may not always understand, as His ways and thoughts are so much higher than ours. I cannot count the number of times I have had to learn and re-learn these truths. But the mountains have helped me to remember them.

Isaiah again gives us some insights that are relevant to our study on mountains and humility when he writes: For this is what the high and lofty One says -- He Who lives forever, Whose name is holy; "I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite" (Isaiah 57:15). Oftentimes, when we are looking for help in life's situations and circumstances, we need reviving. That is -- we need rest, renewal and a "bringing back to life" so to speak. Certainly, a mountain is "high and lofty", and such is our God. He not only lives in a high and lofty place, He Himself is high and lofty! Just like a mountain! The high and lofty One is where our help will come from, and that help will come when we remember to be humble and lowly in spirit. So, we must look up and be humble about it.