In China there is a sacred mountain
called Taishan. For many years pilgrims would climb
its 7,000 steps to the top. First, they would pass
through the "middle gate," then through
"heaven’s southern gate," until they
reached one of the most beautiful buildings in all
of China. It was called "The Temple of Azure
Cloud." Here the people would offer sacrifices,
hoping they would reach God. But alas! The people
were no nearer God than when they took their first
step!
Man tries to reach God by climbing
UP, but the message of Christianity is that God came
DOWN in the person of His Son, the Lord Jesus, to
save us from our sins.
God is far beyond the highest
mountain top, too far away for sinful man to reach
so only God Himself could span the great gulf between
us. By the great miracle of the birth of the Lord
Jesus He became a man and died on the cross of Calvary
for us. We cannot climb to God, but He can come to
us!
"Christ Jesus came into
the world to save sinners" (1 Timothy 1:15).
"If thou shalt confess
with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in
thine heart, that God hath raised Him from the dead,
thou shalt be SAVED" (Romans. 10:9)
Do not keep trying to reach God
in your own way, for it will lead you nowhere. In
faith take that step and receive Jesus into your heart
by faith.
