"Who shall climb the mountain of the Lord?" asks the Psalmist (Ps 24: 3) addressing a question we all have posed at one time or another, or in one way or another. There is a innate desire to "go up higher", to take the next step, to avoid stagnation, complacency and worthless desires. This is the desire that emerges from the core of our being and is as universal and ageless as the human race. The answer provided by the Psalmist under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, is simple:
"The man [person] with clean hands and pure heart, / who desires not worthless things,/ and has not sworn so as to deceive his neighbor./ He shall receive blessings form The Lord, / and reward for the God who saves him." (Ps 24: 3-6).
The ONE true "pure of heart" is Jesus, so in following him to the cross and resurrection, we walk the path of love up the holy mountain. But more than that, we don't realize how the journey of each one of us is sacred to him and how he provides the Holy Spirit who gives us everything we need with great delight, filling us with more than we ever anticipated. "What is lovely, I delight to give to you." (God Calling, p. 97). Indeed he says, "set no limits, whatever is beautiful you can have. Leave more and more the choice to me and you'll have no regrets." (op. cit, p. 97). So the question of climbing the mountain is resolved in a total turning of our lives over to the God who whose love will whisk us up to the top.
Br. Rene
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