Our life is determined by our view. What we see either shrinks us or increases us. If we see a God that is manageable, controllable, limited, we will live a life that is like the God we see and serve. But if we see our God as awesome, majestic, holy, grand, elevated, we will live a life that matches the one we see and serve.

I was praying Psalm 48 this morning and it says, “Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain, beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth.” Immediately I was reminded of the day I went up to Mount Rainier in Seattle, WA with some friends from Minneapolis. They had come out to visit me while I was attending Bible college there.

We drove to the mountain and inside the state park we traversed toward the mountain winding around the park roads. There was no sight of the mountain as we were driving in the park, which was odd, for this is a huge mountain. However, we turned one corner and Mount Rainier came into view on a bright blue skied day and it was breathtaking in beauty.

The first words that came out of my mouth at the sight of this mountain was majestic. There were no words to describe what we saw, it was more than a sight it was an experience. It changed me forever, because now this beautiful mountain I looked at from a far for so many years, was now up close and personal and it was beautiful beyond description.

Many people have seen God from a far. We love the look of Him in the distance, but we are about to see Him up close and personal. We have been winding through the state park of the spirit and we know we are close to Him but we have not turned the corner that brings Him into view yet. Oh but when we do, we will cry out majestic, glory, holy, awesome. We will stand in awe at the one who we have only enjoyed from a far.

The sights, the sounds, the smells, the experience we are going to have with the mountain of the Lord as the chief of all the mountains (Isaiah 2) is going to change us forever. Our view will forever be changed as we see Him in a way we have never seen Him before. Everyone is going to be awakened in a fresh way by the sight of Yahweh.