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What’s Your Mountain?
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by Paul McGuire
his is a special and significant year for me. January is
In my personal pursuit of exhibiting the Love and Life
my birthday month. And my age is the same as the
of Christ, the Lord told me, “Give them ears to hear by
year my sweetheart and I were married, fifty years
what you are to them.” A phrase I’ve heard says, “People
ago. (No, I’m not 1972 years old!) Significantly, this is also a
don’t care how much you know until they know how
Jubilee year on the Jewish calendar.
much you care.” And Jesus said, “By this shall all men
Many folks of my age are thinking more about cutting
know that you are My disciples, that you have love for one
back the pace, retiring to piddle around, and awaiting the
other” (John 13:35, NKJ). Then Apostle John penned these
glorious second coming of our Lord. As for me, I’m excited
words: “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from
to see and participate in the great awakening and revival
God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows
among the Lord’s people, and to work in the anticipated
God” (1 John 4:7, ESV). My desire of the Lord is to take the mountain He has assigned to me. Part of this effort is to walk out the Life Christ Jesus has birthed in me. It will mean doing this in every area of life in general, not just Sunday School. It means every day. In every place and circumstance, I must hold up and insist on God’s Righteousness to rule, starting in me. “Are you gonna beat people over the head with the Bible?” I can hear some wonder. No. The Love of God is our most powerful weapon. The Apostle Paul wrote how it is the “kindness of God that leads [Men] to repentance” (Romans 2:4, NASB), not a stick, not criticism. When we can show His Love, which is certainly kindness, by living out
great harvest of souls. I have a view much more like ol’
the Life of God, their ears will open to the message of God’s
Caleb as the Israelites were preparing to cross over into the
Salvation for them. We can tell them, and they will listen.
Promised Land. “I’ve been waiting for this moment for forty
There are many mountains influencing people. Most
years,” he proclaimed. “I’m 85, now, strong as ever. Give me
of those mountains are occupied by wicked giants which
my mountain!” And he took on a number of giants living on
have been leading us and our nations away from the
his mountain—and won! Retire? Bah! Gimme my mountain!
Righteous rule of God. Let’s take those mountains back to
These are the times when the Body of Christ must proclaim the Gospel of the Kingdom. The Church cannot look the same anymore. We’ve been effective by our own
where the greatest influence on us there is—the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. What’s your mountain? Will you retire or be a Caleb?
measure, but the world passes us off as rather an annoyance! earth and its people.
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About The Author
It remains largely unaffected. That’s not God’s Plan for the Paul McGuire has been born again for almost 60 years, and has pursued to hear God’s Voice through all those years. He and his wife Teresa of 49 years are active at Living Word Church in Cleveland, Tennessee. They have two children and five grandchildren.
