Audio Message
The Way Up Is Down
The first time I ever visited the Eiffel Tower, I noticed that there were three different queues you could join. One led to the first level. The second went about halfway up the tower and the third queue went all the way to the top. After traveling to Paris, it seemed ridiculous to only go to the first or second level. I was determined to go to the top. I could see how the first- and second-level queues were climbing the stairs going immediately up, but for some strange reason my queue was headed downward. While the other queues were climbing the stairs with their hands and feet, we were making our way to a lift that would take us all the way to the top.
God’s will for your life always leads you on the path of humility. Some people are so eager to be successful that they are climbing level by level with all their might, proving themselves and promoting themselves with feverish urgency. But you should know that God has an elevator waiting for those who want to go higher than level one or level two. And the only way to get to God’s lift is to go down to the low place of humility and submission. This is the path Jesus promoted when He said in Luke 14:11, “For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” It’s also the path Jesus walked himself, and it leads to the loftiest place in existence. The way up is down.
This is Daniel Kolenda
encouraging you to live before you die.
