Calmed by the Hand of God

Revelation 1:10 “I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,”

The scary thing about the traveling up a mountain is that there are times when you feel isolated from everybody and everything in the world. I have read where this is especially true the closer you get to the top. People begin to fall back and when you are just about to the summit, you may feel all alone. It is at these times that we must develop an attitude of trust in God.
One of the most often repeated phrases in scripture is “wait on the Lord”. Waiting on Him “grows you up.” It keeps your eyes off you and focused on Him. It gives you staying power.
In the book of Revelation, John was alone on Patmos. He could have spent his time pacing that barren little beach, feeling bitter about what “they” did to him, and looking out over the horizon every minute for a rescuer. He didn’t.
Instead, he was calmed by the hand of God into a position of trust and receptivity, and John received the most fabulous revelation of Jesus Christ and His future that any man has ever received. As a result he was able to write one of the greatest books in the Bible.
Where on the mountain of life do you stand today? Are you still climbing, or do you feel the isolation of the heights? If isolation is setting in, celebrate!!! You are just about to step onto the peak. Are you feeling caught and trapped and all alone? Settle down. Look up. Allow God to decide on how He will act and then prepare for victory to come.
You will never know what God has in store for you on the summit if you do not pray through the times of isolation that God allows to come into your life. Remember, just before the dawn is the darkest part of the night.

"Doubly happy, however, is the man whom lofty mountain tops are within reach, for the lights that shine there illumine all that lies below."
John Muir