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"While you have the light, believe in the light .
. ." — John 12:36
We all have moments when we feel better than ever before, and we say, “I feel
fit for anything; if only I could always be like this!” We are not meant to be.
Those moments are moments of insight which we have to live up to even when we do
not feel like it. Many of us are no good for the everyday world when we are not
on the mountaintop. Yet we must bring our everyday life up to the standard
revealed to us on the mountaintop when we were there.
Never allow a feeling that was awakened in you on the mountaintop to evaporate.
Don’t place yourself on the shelf by thinking, “How great to be in such a
wonderful state of mind!” Act immediately— do something, even if your only
reason to act is that you would rather not. If, during a prayer meeting, God
shows you something to do, don’t say, “I’ll do it”— just do it! Pick yourself up
by the back of the neck and shake off your fleshly laziness. Laziness can always
be seen in our cravings for a mountaintop experience; all we talk about is our
planning for our time on the mountain. We must learn to live in the ordinary
“gray” day according to what we saw on the mountain.
Don’t give up because you have been blocked and confused once— go after it
again. Burn your bridges behind you, and stand committed to God by an act of
your own will. Never change your decisions, but be sure to make your decisions
in the light of what you saw and learned on the mountain.
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