I read a devotion recently in the book, “100 Favorite Hymns” on the hymn, “Higher Ground,” that beckons us to be lifted up to greater heights! It caused me to consider: “Just what is higher ground?”
We’re familiar with the song lyrics: “I’m pressing on the upward way, New heights I’m gaining every day; Still praying as I’m onward bound, Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.”
Stacy Edwards, author of
the book, wrote: “Higher Ground is a call to every believer to seek a more
mature faith and a deeper connection with the Lord . . . to know Him more
intimately and to follow Him more closely. It accurately describes the ideal
course our faith would take as we mature in Christ.”
In Philippians 3, verses
13-14, Paul wrote: “Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but
one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward
to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the
upward calling of God in Christ Jesus.”
The upward way is the
straight and narrow path that leads to life. We have chosen this way and must
do all we can to be fit for our God.
The refrain in this hymn
reveals what we want--to be lifted up and standing for our faith: “Lord,
lift me up and let me stand, By faith, on Heaven’s tableland, A higher plane
than I have found; Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.”
This is one hymn to
joyfully sing with all our heart. We all seek the same thing. More of God. More
of God’s power and presence in our lives. More sincere love. To know Him more.
We must simply keep on running the race with our eyes on Jesus, looking upward to Him to help us continue on to "Higher Ground." Our goal is that someday we will scale that utmost height which will take us home to be with the Lord.
Are you pressing on? May that be our aim. Plant your feet on “Higher Ground!”
By His Grace . . .
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