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Welcome back to our weekly devotion. And thank you for your prayers for me and my family while I was on vacation.

During the second week of our vacation my wife and I celebrated our 35th anniversary. We went to Whistler. While in Whistler, my daughter and I took the peak-to-peak gondola tour. This took us up Whistler Mountain, across to Blackcomb Mountain, and then back down to town.

A highlight awaited us at the top of Whistler Mountain. After a short 10-minute walk and a ski-chair lift, at a height of about 2,200 meters above sea level, there is the Cloudraker Skybridge and Raven’s Eye Cliff Walk. The Skybridge is a 130-metre steel suspension bridge. The Raven’s Eye is a steel platform that juts out from the top of the mountain. My daughter and I loved the experience, even though she has a natural fear of heights.

Travelling so high in the gondolas, the ski chair lift, and on the suspension bridge, completely enthralled by views that defy description, reminded me of the opening of John’s Gospel.

John 1:1 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” It’s as if John has taken us to the highest point in all eternity. From this vantage point we see the ultimate, staggering, and glorious truth about Jesus. Jesus is before all time – before the beginning. Jesus is the supreme revelation of God – he is the Word. And Jesus is One with his heavenly Father – he is God. There is no greater truth because Jesus is the greatest truth. And no higher worship can ever be offered because Jesus is so worthy.

Most of the time we don’t ascend mountains or walk on suspension bridges over 2,000 meters above sea level. At least we don’t physically. But when we meet with Jesus in our devotions, through prayer, in Scripture, among other believers, and in our circumstances and situations, we see further, higher, and more clearly than ever. We see the One who is our hope, who sits enthroned above all powers, rulers, and authorities, who loves us and calls us to live for him. There is nothing more stunning and awesome than knowing Jesus.

Today, take time to worship him for who he is and for what he’s done on the Cross. You will have a view that will take your breath away.

視頻大意翻譯(video Chinese translation):

大家早，歡迎回到我們的每周靈修。也謝謝大家在我和家人放假這段時間的代禱。

放假第二週，我和太太在惠斯勒慶祝結婚35周年紀念。天氣非常的炎熱!熱到有時我們要用車拉著我們家的狗出來散步。

無論如何，在惠斯勒期間，我和女兒進行了山峰到山峰的纜車之旅。這帶我們到了惠斯勒山，穿過黑梳山，然後回到鎮上。乘坐纜車前往惠斯勒大約需要20分鐘，纜車到黑梳山則約25分鐘。但兩座山之間的纜車車程僅需10多分鐘。

在惠斯勒山頂有個重要的事等著我們。在海拔約2200米高，再經過短短的10分鐘步行和乘坐15分鐘滑雪椅升降機後，接著的是Cloudraker天橋和鴉眼懸崖步道(Raven's Eye Cliff Walk)。天橋是一座130米長的鋼製懸索橋。步道是一個鋼製平臺，從山頂伸出 - 懸掛在半空中。

女兒和我喜愛這個經驗，儘管她天生有懼高症。

在纜車、滑雪椅升降機和吊橋上如此之高的地方旅行，完全被無法描述的景色所吸引，讓我想起了約翰福音的開始。

約翰福音1：1說：”太初有道，道與神同在，道就是神。”就好像約翰把我們帶到了永恆的最高點。從這個制高點，我們看到耶穌終極、驚人和榮耀的真理。耶穌在一切所有時間之前—在萬事開始之前。耶穌是神至高無上的啟示—他就是道。耶穌與他的天父是一體的—他是神。沒有比這更偉大的真理了，耶穌是最偉大的真理。再沒有其他更高的敬拜可以獻上了。耶穌是值得的。

大多數時候，我們不會去爬山或在海拔2000多米高的吊橋上行走。至少我們沒有真的去走。但是，當我們在靈修中，通過禱告，在聖經中，在其他信徒中，在我們的環境和處境中與耶穌相遇時，我們比以往任何時候都看得更遠、更高、更清楚。我們可以看到我們盼望的神，他坐在所有權力、統治者和權威之上，他愛我們，呼召我們為他而活。沒有什麼比認識耶穌更令人驚奇和令人敬畏的了。因此，今天，花點時間敬拜他，因他的身分，以及他在十字架上所做的一切。您將擁有令人歎為觀止的景色。

讓我們禱告.

Grace and peace

Pastor Callum