Five Mountain Top Experiences

UV 1393/10,000 Five Mountain Top Experiences
And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.

Zechariah 9 v 8

The Lord promises to encamp about our house when we dedicate it to Him, when we dedicate ourselves to Him. He Himself stands as a guard and an army of His angels encamp around us. The enemy may attack in one direction either on our peace of mind, our health, our finances or our well being but he will be scattered in seven directions. It could be a new threat or an old threat returning to put us at risk. Anyone who attempts to attack us, touches the apple of the eye of the Lord. But the Lord thwarts all the designs and threats. No oppressive spirit shall pass through us any more.

We will have five mountain top experiences as the Lord dwells in our midst. He erects walls of fire around us and His glory is in our midst. He is represented by Mount Zion. He who trusts in the Lord is like Mount Zion. As we are joined to Mount Zion, we cannot be shaken. Our faith cannot be shaken. We cannot be defeated. He is Mount Tabor. As we pray and spend time in His presence, we have the experience of transfiguration or transformation. He is Mount Horeb. We have the experience of Moses’ Mount Horeb where the bush caught fire in the presence of the Lord but the bush did not burn or get consumed by the fire. Mount Horeb is also called Mount Sinai where Moses received the tablets with the ten commandments of the Lord. It implies that we learn the Word and will of God and are anointed and blessed in fourteen different ways described in Deuteronomy chapter 28. We have the experience of Mount Moriah where the Lord will provide the sacrifice of the lamb for our sanctification and blessing. The Mount Moriah experience implies that the Lord will manifest Himself as Jehovah Jireh, the provider of abundance. We have the experience of Calvary where our sins that are like scarlet and crimson shall be washed white as snow and we receive salvation, the penalty of our shortcomings or “hamartia” is paid and we are fulfilled, completed, finished and perfected in Christ.

The words in the uni-verse, “ for now I have seen with my eyes” implies that we are eye witnesses of real time events of deliverance, provision, blessings, salvation and victory in our lives. It is not a mere figment of someone’s imagination but is experienced in the course of our lives here and now. Before each mountain top experience, we descend into a valley or a depression. The deeper the valley, the greater the mountain. During these valley times, instead of being depressed or oppressed we must look forward to the victory and joy we will have on the mountain tops of our lives in the future. We should also look back to the many mountain top experiences we had with the Lord in the past. We need to remember these “blasts” from the past. I was literally in a blast where I caught fire like the bush on Mount Sinai but did not burn or get devastated. Today, I am alive to testify to the goodness and greatness of God in all of our valley and mountain top experiences. He does not wait to receive us at the end of the journey on earth but He travels with us.

Prateep V Philip