Testimony 09/11/05: There Is More

“Can we stop for a while?” Emily asked. “Sure,” I said. So we found a boulder and sat. We were on the way up Mount Oberon at Wilsons Promontory National Park. The peak is 548 meter above the sea level and to reach it we need to snake 3.4km up the sloppy trail.

We continued the journey. But it was not long before we found ourselves out of breath again. “Let’s take some rest,” we told ourselves. And so we found another rock to sit on. Fire raged this mountain almost a year ago. With just burnt forest around us and nothing else to see, the journey felt like forever! We had no clue if we were half way up or when we would reach the top. The peak was well concealed by the trees. All we had was the rumor that the view from the top is “out of the world”.

At one stop, we rested for quite some time. Flowers grew around us and new branches shoot out a new life from the burnt tree trunks. We engaged ourselves in conversation. We talked. We listened. We laughed. We almost cried. It felt like a good place to settle. And for once we forgot where we were going.

Suddenly we realised that we had mountain to climb. Looking up … we couldn’t see the peak. Nor can we tell for sure if the destination is near or far. But looking down… No! We can’t go back! We can’t abort the mission half way! So we fixed our eyes up and started walking again. And walk we went! Till we see the top. Till we reach the peak and looked out…

The news proved to be true. The view was SO breathtaking! The mountains. The forest. The Tidal River. The beach. The ocean. The islands! Our hearts bubbled with joy and amazement.

Oh how many times do we settle for less than what God wants us to be! How many times do we chose to sit on a boulder, surrounded by little flowers and branches and forsake the greater things in store!

Praise God we didn’t choose to sit on that boulder for the rest of the day. Thank God we decided to walk on regardless our tired feet. Thank God we held on to the report of the out-of-the-world view regardless the peak that we can’t see! What about you? Are you sitting on a boulder? Well… I just want to let you know: there is more in store for you!