Lent@Landmark: Day 36

I feel that there are a few things that come flying at us out of the Bible over and over again. One of them is this: God is not in the business of “lowering the bar.”

And now the LORD says, who formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him, and that Israel might be gathered to him, for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and my God has become my strength—he says, "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth." (Isaiah 49:5-6)

Another is this: God picks us up. God holds onto us with a firm grip. God jumps over the bar. God, then puts us back on the ground to tell the story of how we miraculously got over that impossibly high bar.

Get ready. When God raises the bar, you’re about to have an awesome story to tell. —MH