Going Higher

eDevotion

Encouragement for your daily walk with God

Listening to some Christ followers, you’d think that spiritual highs are a reason to boast about how lucky God is to have them on His team. I have a different view. God blesses us to foster genuine faith. The blessing of God is His unique process for maturing a Christ follower.

Why does God allow us to experience spiritual highs in the first place? Here are a few ideas: to encourage our spiritual growth, to deepen our intimacy with God, and to develop obedience. We learn so much about God in those moments of peak revelation and they are intended to carry us through more difficult times. When life gets hard, we look back and remember what He taught us on the “mountaintop.” Remembering Him, we are motivated to love and serve the Lord with all our heart. No reservations—we give ourselves fully for His work and His glory. 

By the way, spiritual highs are not always experienced in corporate worship. I’ve found that the prayer closet is the best place to experience spiritual highs. When you are alone with God - while no one is looking or listening - you can experience profound worship, deep devotion, and true intimacy with God. It’s there that you have your most intimate conversations with God. 

Every moment of your life is ripe for growth and spiritual maturity. If you allow Him to lead you on the path of obedience, He’ll take you to even greater heights.

By faith, Abraham, at the time of testing, offered Isaac back to God. Acting in faith, he was as ready to return the promised son, his only son, as he had been to receive him—and this after he had already been told, “Your descendants shall come from Isaac.” Abraham figured that if God wanted to, he could raise the dead. In a sense, that’s what happened when he received Isaac back, alive from off the altar. Hebrews 11:17-19 [The MESSAGE Paraphrase]