“A man on top of the mountain didn't just fall there." — Vince Lombardi
No one falls up a mountain, but too many fall down them. No one summits without ascent and no one summits by mere assent -- neither does anyone reach the top by sheer accident. It is not enough to know that you must climb, you must climb. It is not enough to agree with the premise, you must push ahead to the precipice.
God has called us further up and further in. A mountain ascent, however, often involves going down in order to go up -- so much so it can be said that in order to go up a mountain you must be prepared to climb down. There is no other path. So, rest assured, there will be times where climbing up will not only feel like you're going down, but will actually require it. And then, more than ever, you will need to remember that it is all part of going up the mountain. Further up and further in!
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Those who labor in the Lord do not do so in vain; and only those who do so will reach the summit. No one will arrive there by accident and everyone by grace through faith in Christ alone will get there.
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