COME UP .....A MUST READ

Scripture says who shall ascend unto the hill of the Lord or who shall stand in His holy place? Why do you have to ascend to the hill? The first reason is that that is where God dwells. He is up. And so, God says arise and shine, that is, come up to the hill and shine. This takes me to the second reason. You've got to ascend unto the hill, because you are the light of the world. Bibles says you don't light a candle and put it under a basket. A light is meant to shine. You are to come up on the hill and shine to the whole world. In other words, you are not programmed by God to be a local champion. But listen, how do you know how big what God has in stock for you? How do you know how global you are? This takes me to the third reason to come up to the hill where God dwells and wants you to be. Let's take Moses' last encounter with God as a case study
In Deut. 34, Bible says: "And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar." God told Moses that these are the lands which He swore to give to the children of Israel. That shows how great and global the Israelites were to become. But here is the issue. Moses had to go up to the mountain where he could see all these promises of God. In fact, that mountain was so high that it was over Jericho. You can imagine the height. That is how God deals with man. You've got to go up in the Lord. You've got to grow up in the Lord to see His plans and promises for your life. You've got to go up in the spirit to shine. But how will you do that successfully? Bible says let us lay aside every weight and the sin which easily besets us. There are some things which are not sins, but they are just weight. They slow you down in your pursuit of God's plans and purpose for your life. They don't allow you to run well the race that God has set before you. These weights include certain people or relationships or character which you have to lay aside, in order to go up to the mountain where God dwells and where you will shine. Sin too will not allow you to go up and meet God where He will show you His plans for your life. So, you are lay aside both the things that are sins and the things that are just weights. The truth is that the more you develop in God, the more of what you drop. You drop things and people that are not supportive to your race. You drop distractions. You drop people who are just using you, they have nothing to offer you as support to your race to go up and fulfill destiny. Hate not such folks, but only avoid them constituting weights on you and slowing you down.
That is how to COME UP.

- Pastor Michael Seyi Babalola

Hallaluyah!!!