I’m reading through the Psalms and I am in Psalm 147 right at the moment and today this verse stuck to me like glue for some reason- Who makes grass grow on the mountains(vs.8) This may seem insignificant and overly simple to some, but, I got fixated on this verse. God makes grass grow on the mountains. Mountains are made of rock-no kiddin’- and the only way grass could grow would be by divine fiat. Ever try to grow grass on your driveway or rock garden? Does it flourish? Even grow? We know in the lowlands and the foothills of the mountains, grass does grow,but, on the mountain?! Ever ask yourself why? Not too many families go to the mountains for picnics. We don’t lug the stroller, the cooler and lawn chairs up Mt. Rushmore or Mt. Hood or the Rockies to lay the blanket out on the grass. And yet, God has seen fit to have grass grow on mountains.
Further thought led to me to see the loving kindness and tenderness of God towards His creatures who dwell in the mountains. The mountain goat, the rams and ewes who live in the mountains are dependent upon that grass. If there were no grass, they would have to come down the mountain slopes and expose themselves to greater risk of attack from the bears and cougars. The adult and baby lambs would be out of their element and less likely to protect themselves. What grace and love has been extended to these animals by their Creator. This is so rudimentary, so simple, so obscure, really, but, so deep in its scope because it portrays a Benevolent God who has taken care of the smallest detail. Surely God is great in all His works!
Out of this microcosm comes another picture of God to view. If you are without Christ, then your heart is like the mountain- rocky and cold-no life(aka no grass). In and of itself, like the natural mountain, it is not able to produce life or sustain life without an outside source performing the necessary work to make it happen. I’ve looked at rocks, they don’t naturally produce grass; it needs help. Just as the mountain needed God’s miracle to produce the grass, so does your heart. It needs a miracle to change its disposition. Your heart is cold in sin towards God and needs to change. But; on its own it cannot, and will not unless something or someone changes it for you. Ezekiel 36:26 says God can take out your stony heart-one without Christ- and put in a heart of flesh-one with Christ. Then why don’t I have that, you may ask? Christ said, “You have not because you ask not.” Would you today, then, ask God to do that for you? He has promised not to deny or refuse any who come to Him with a repentant heart to have this miracle occur. Millions have come and yet there is still room for one. There’s room at the cross for you. Remember God is the Great Shepherd and is able to lead people to green pastures. May God make “grass” grow on the mountain of your heart.
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