Responsive Scripture Reading
God made the mountains.You set the earth on its foundations,
so that it shall never be shaken. (Psalm 104:5)
Mountains belong to God.
The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it. (Psalm 24:1)
God’s spirit dwells in the mountains.
Look! On the mountains
the feet of one who brings good tidings,
who proclaims peace! (Nahum 1:15)
God’s law, old and new, came down from the mountains.
The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain,
and wait there; and I will give you the tablets of stone,
with the law and the commandment.” (Exodus 24:12)
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain;
and after he sat down, his disciples came to him.
Then he began to speak, and he taught them, saying;
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
(Matthew 5:1-3)
God’s wisdom is found in the mountains.
Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob;
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths. (Micah 4:2)
God is revealed in the mountains.
Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John
And led them up a high mountain, by themselves.
And he was transfigured before them and his face shone like the sun
and his clothes became dazzling white.
Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. Then Peter
said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here.”
(Matthew 17:1-4)
Mountains offered sanctuary to Jesus Christ.
After saying farewell to them, he went up on the mountain to pray.
(Mark 6:46)
Jesus took with him Peter and John and James,
and went up on the mountain to pray. (Luke 9:28)
When Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him
by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself. (John 6:15)
It is grace that we live among God’s mountains.
You shall not defile the land in which you live, and in which I also dwell. (Numbers 35:34)
We too find God in our mountains.
Set limits around the mountain and keep it holy. (Exodus 19:23)
For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain. (Isaiah 25:10)
Let us honor the spiritual value of mountains,
in the holy scriptures and in our own lives.