What Mountain Stands in Your Way?
Psalm 114:4
“The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.”
No kidding—there I was, snapping pictures of high schoolers who had climbed the ominous mountain some call home to aliens. Mt. Shasta rose unashamed and bold, 14,179 feet into the sky. I had never stood at that kind of altitude before. In the thirty minutes I spent taking photos, the thin air started pressing against my head, reminding me that altitude is no joke.
Eventually, I began the long trek back down, humbled by the mountain’s quiet power.
And yet, Shasta is barely half the size of Everest—twice as high, wrapped in sudden super storms, and lined with the bodies of climbers who never made it home.
Mountains have always stirred something in us. They’ve been the plots of great adventures, the places where people met with God, and unfortunately, the heights where idols were worshiped.
But there is one adventure that most have forgotten. A climb no guidebook offers. A summit where the path is empty, the sunrise and sunset go unseen, and yet—the invitation still stands.
Will you take it?
The Immovable Things Moved
To the Jewish people, mountains were more than landscape. They were symbols of strength, permanence, and power. Mount Hermon towered at 9,200 feet, the tallest in the region. Sinai stood as the place of covenant, where heaven touched earth. Zion became the center of worship.
Mountains were unshakable. But when Creator, Yahweh, shows up, even the ‘strongest’ foundations of the earth tremble…
Cross-References That Shake the Earth
Exodus 19:18
“Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently.”
At Sinai, Israel learned that the God who delivered them from Egypt wasn’t small. He descended in fire. There were no dwarfs inside this mountain like in Lord of the Rings. However, The mountain itself shook as if alive.
Judges 5:5
“The mountains quaked before the Lord, the One of Sinai, before the Lord, the God of Israel.”
Deborah sings of God’s deliverance. The earth doesn’t stand still when He comes. Mountains quake because Yahweh fights for His people.
Habakkuk 3:6
“He stood, and shook the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains crumbled and the age-old hills collapsed—but he marches on forever.”
The prophet sees the Lord coming in judgment and salvation. Even ancient mountains—older than nations—collapse before Him.
There is a clear understanding of what mountains symbolize.
What the People Believed About Mountains
Permanence: Mountains were symbols of stability.
Sacredness: Mountains were where gods were worshiped—whether Yahweh on Sinai or idols on high places.
Power: The tallest one near them, Hermon, looked unmovable.
And yet, Scripture paints the picture again and again: God is not one mountain among many. He is the Maker of mountains. At His presence, the immovable moves.
Fulfilled in Christ
When Jesus came, He said if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, “Move,” and it will move (Matt 17:20). The God who shakes Sinai, quakes Hermon, and levels the “age-old hills” is the same God who gives His people authority through faith.
On the cross, the earth shook again (Matt 27:51). At His resurrection, the ground trembled (Matt 28:2). Mountains skip, rocks split, and creation groans—because the King has come.
So here’s your challenge.
Never Finished Challenge
Read Psalm 114 out loud and imagine the Red Sea fleeing, the Jordan turning back, the mountains skipping.
Write down the “mountains” in your own life that feel immovable.
Pray Psalm 114:4 over them: “The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.”
Remember: if God shakes Sinai, He can shake the strongholds in your heart.
If you don’t have Jesus in your heart, say yes today. Only He can offer this climb. Take that path! Witness that sunset. Your life will never be the same!
What does today say about God?
Unmovable.
The Jewish people looked at mountains and saw permanence. But in the presence of Yahweh, permanence dances. The tallest, strongest, oldest things bow. And when Jesus returns, Revelation says every mountain and island will be removed from its place (Rev 6:14)
Creation will not stand still before the Creator. He is unmovable.
And neither will we.
What a God!
What a King!
What a Father!
Thank you, Jesus!