Twentieth Mountain Peak
"/ will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: /will break in pieces the pates of brass. and cut in sunder the bars of iron: And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that J. the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel." Isaiah 45:2, 3.
HERE AGAIN are two mountain peaks. God promises to go before us. First, when He commands us to go anywhere in His name. He says, "I will go before thee and make the crooked paths straight". In many cases, our Mighty God has broken many barriers before His servants. Today the Gospel is taken to people speaking 1,055 languages. As God's servants obey God's word the mountains before them roll away. When they obey Him. the mountains flow, the gates of brass are broken and the bars of iron are cut asunder. This happened in the case of Peter, (Acts 12.8, 10) and God has opened many other strong doors before His servants in many parts of the world. It is only by faith that we can see mountains melt away before us.
The other mountain peak is in v. 4. We can command God. see for example Gen. 22:17. Abraham's faith in God was tested. In obedience to God he offered his only son on Mount Moriah. He was about to slay his son. when God spoke to him. v. 12. "Abraham turned around and he saw a ram caught in a thicket," and the Lord asked him to offer that ram instead of his son. It was brought by God. and there was no fear of it running away, for it was caught in a bush. God was thus saying. "Now Abraham you have fully obeyed me. You have not withheld your sort from me. Now I am bound to you; just as the ram. I am bound to you. Now you command me and I wilt obey you. Ask me of things to come". Thai is our privilege. We believers can command God. If you obey Him whole heartedly. without queslioning or murmuring or doubting, you can command God and your prayer will be fully answered. John 14:13, 14, Jesus said: "If ye ask anything in my name I will do it." We can command Him for anything. That is a mystery! We have a right to command God, but we must first learn to offer what He wants whole-heartedly. Then we can command, and can enjoy all things of God in abundance and fullness (Col. 2:9, 10). We are complete in Him, so we can enjoy His fullness.