从前有个国家，因为有座圣山而声名远播，各地的人都听过这座圣山。奇怪的是，这个国家的人有个习惯，走路时目光总是注视着地面，从来不把头抬起来。如果你问他们在做什么，他们会告诉你：
“我们当然是在寻找圣山。要不要加入我们？你这辈子一定要看到。”
他们过着这样的生活，不停地到处寻找，走偏大街小巷，看着地图钻研，并且争论要到哪里才能找到圣山。
其实圣山高耸于天空，耐心地等候人们发现它的优美和力量，却只能难过地看着人们盲目乱找，不曾停下来抬起头看它。
国家的另一边，有一面水色如镜的大湖泊。圣山倒映在湖面，人民围绕在湖旁，指着湖面的倒影说他们找到了圣山。
有些人跳入湖泊溺死；有些人认为这座山有邪灵，纷纷走避；还有一些人做出决断；认为圣山根本不存在。
有一天，那些熙熙攮攮、渴望寻找圣山的人群中，有个人突然跌倒，被人群践踏得差点死掉。他平躺在地，心想死期一定到了，他望向天空，然而令他吃惊的是，他看见圣山庄严地高耸在上。他试图告诉大家所见，但是没人愿意相信，于是他独自出发去找通往圣山的路。
那是一段辛苦的旅程，因为沿途陡峻危险，而且一直看不到圣山。他一路上跌倒了好多次，每次一跌倒，就会再度看见他所要寻找的圣山，于是受到激励而继续往前走。
当他往前走的时候，他发现通往圣山道路的人，都是有缺陷的人、病人，或者是背着沉重负担而倒下的人。他终于明白，唯有那些跌倒的人才能看见圣山，唯有那些了解“向下”真正涵义的人，才会懂得“向上”看。
Long time ago there was a famous country because of having ‘Holy Mountain’ and it’s well known to everyone from everywhere. People in this country have a weird habit, they always focus on the floor when they walked and never look up.
If you asked them what they are doing, they will reply “of cause we are looking for ‘Holy Mountain’. Do you want to join in our search? You must see it in your life”. This is their life, nonstop searching everywhere, walk through all the streets, study the map, and even discuss where they can find this ‘Holy Mountain’.
Actually ‘Holy Mountain’ is high in the sky, it’s waiting patiently for people to discover its beauty and power, but it’s disappointed by people who search without a purpose and never bother to lift up their eyes to see it.
The other side of the country, there is a pond and the water is like a mirror. The Holy Mountain was reflecting inside the pond, everyone gather around the pond, pointing at the reflection and say that they had found the Holy Mountain.
Some people jump into the pond and got drowned; some believe that there is evil spirit in the Holy Mountain so avoiding themselves from it and some conclude that the Holy Mountain is never existed.
One day, among the searching crowd suddenly a man fall down, he almost died being step by people. Lying on the floor, in his heart he thought that he is going to died, he look up to the sky and he saw the Holy Mountain highly located in the sky. He tried to tell others about the experience but no one willing to believe in him. However, he went alone to look for the Holy Mountain.
This was a difficult journey, there were lots of difficulties and along the journey he cannot see the Holy Mountain. Along the journey he fall down a few times, every fall, he will saw the Holy Mountain this gave him the courage to continue this seemingly impossible searching journey.
When he look ahead of his searching journey, he realized that all the way are those disable people, patience or those fall because of heavy burden. Finally he come to his sense that, only those who fall will see the Holy Mountain, only those who experience 'humbling' themselves will able to learn how to 'look up'.
This article (Chinese version) i read it in a local newspaper.
It caught my attention because is not only that country citizen having this weird habit it happen to everyone and everywhere. Everywhere you can hear people say, I am looking for happiness and fulfilment in life-smoking, drug... when they heard that my happiness came from just simply Jesus’ love they will look at me with a weird look and lots of doubts because the world (this planet earth) had never offer FOC (Free of Charge) happiness and fulfilment so they rather chose to -nonstop searching everywhere, walk through all the streets, study the map, and even discuss where they can find this 'Happiness and Fulfilment'.
Sometime ago, i bring a friend to believe in Jesus and she happily join us in fellowship as a big family but very soon she turn away from Jesus and the reason is most of the family member (church) not as good as she thought of so she leave. Jesus didn’t promise that when you believe in Him then you will have a problem free life, He didn’t say that when we believe in Him we will become perfect person but in all these He promised, He will be with us when we go through problems, and He say in Him we will be change day by day from glory to glory. Jesus asked us to love one another because He knew that we are still in the process of 'change day by day from glory to glory' so we need love to help one another in this perfecting process rather we conclude- some believe that there is evil spirit in the Holy Mountain so avoiding themselves from it and some conclude that the Holy Mountain is never existed.
In this big family, the entire family member had once 'dead' in ourselves but now we are alive in Jesus. You quite down yourself and be real, flash through all the impossibilities, problems, sadness, disappointments all the negative emotions... even some that you thought you had overcome by your own power they are somehow still at your subconscious bring it out and give them to Jesus then you will experience His LOVE-One day, among the searching crowd suddenly a man fall down, he almost died being step by people. Lying on the floor, in his heart he thought that he is going to died, he look up to the sky and he saw the Holy Mountain highly located in the sky.In our life, there are many falls.
As for me, every fall make me appreciate His love even more because every time as I fall I experience the another expect of Jesus’ love and it lift me up to stand again. This is how I deeply know that the strongest LOVE of God is reveal during the weakest moment of our life. -This was a difficult journey, there were lots of difficulties and along the journey he cannot see the Holy Mountain. Along the journey he fall down a few times, every fall, he will saw the Holy Mountain this gave him the courage to continue this seemingly impossible searching journey.
'Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and i will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for i am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls' Mathew 11:28 & 29
