Running In Circles

God won’t give up on you either. You are going to win this battle. You are going to overcome this mountain in your life, if you just remain faithful until the race is won.

Deuteronomy 2:2,3 And the LORD spake unto me, saying, Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

What was God saying to the Jews? It’s time to quit circling mount Seir! It’s time to move on. Their backs were facing the Promised Land, meaning they were going in the opposite direction of where God wanted them to go, so God turned them around and placed them back on the right path.

Some have said that mount Seir is actually a vast area covering possibly an entire mountain range. That could be true since Israel wandered around mount Seir for 40 years.

The name “Seir” means holiness, and they were wandering all that time just learning to be a holy people unto the Lord! Without holiness no man can see the Lord. Without holiness you can’t see the path to walk in. Holiness is not only having a pure heart, and a clean life, but also a spirit that is in tune with God. All of us today should be learning to be Holy unto the Lord so that we too may see the path that leads to victory in the Lord.

Other people believe that mount Seir was an actual mountain that lay in their path every time the Jews would turn around. All of the trails through the wilderness would lead them to this same place eventually and they would spend many days camped at the foot of the mountain.

Now I began to think of this mount Seir and how that it could represent some the great mountains in our lives that we must overcome. We talked about all the habits and such a few minutes ago. All of these things are just huge mountains that seem to loom over us with such an ominous presence that they seem to smother us in doubt and fear sometimes.

How do you get rid of that mountain? If you had to move a mountain and there was no way around it or through it, how would you do it? You would start by moving one rock at a time. Just like you begin a journey of a thousand miles with one step, you move a mountain by moving one rock at a time.

Now sometimes you can speak to that mountain and yes, God can and will move some of the mountains out of your way. But there are some mountains in your life that you are going to have to work on yourself for a while; and maybe for a lifetime. Those mountains are there for a purpose and you just have to keep moving them one rock at a time until they are behind you instead of in front of you.

Think about that mountain for a moment – as you look around it you’ll find small rocks, large boulders, and then sometimes a sheer rock cliff. Some of the things that you face are easier to overcome than others, but they will all give way with enough time and effort. The task of overcoming your mountain may seem impossible, but then that’s where God begins to work for you. He makes the impossible possible and he will not allow you to be overcome.