{"id":2706,"date":"2023-10-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myutmostforprd.wpenginepowered.com\/modern-classic\/the-sphere-of-exaltation\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T08:31:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T01:31:42","slug":"%d1%81%d1%84%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b0-%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b7%d0%b2%d1%8b%d1%88%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%8f","status":"publish","type":"modern-classic","link":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/%d1%81%d0%be%d0%b2%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bc%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%8f-%d0%ba%d0%bb%d0%b0%d1%81%d1%81%d0%b8%d0%ba%d0%b0\/%d1%81%d1%84%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b0-%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b7%d0%b2%d1%8b%d1%88%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%8f\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0421\u0444\u0435\u0440\u0430 \u0432\u043e\u0437\u0432\u044b\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve all had times on the mountain, when we\u2019ve seen from God\u2019s viewpoint and have wanted to stay on high. But God will never allow this. The test of our spiritual life lies in our ability to keep the vision God gives on the mountain in our sights as we descend. If we only have the power to rise, something is wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a great thing to be up on the mountain with our Lord, but he only takes us up with him for one reason\u2014so that we may go down again into the valley and lift up those around us. We aren\u2019t built for the mountains and the dawns and the breathtaking views; they are for moments of inspiration, nothing else. We\u2019re built for the valley, for the ordinary stuff of daily life. That is where we have to prove our mettle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spiritual selfishness always wants to get back to the mountaintop. When we are spiritually selfish, we are always claiming that of course we\u2019d live like angels\u2014<em>if<\/em> we could stay on high. We have to learn that moments of exaltation are exceptional. They have meaning in our life with God, but we have to make sure that spiritual selfishness doesn\u2019t cause us to want them all the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We tend to think that everything that happens is meant to teach us something. A mountaintop experience isn\u2019t meant to teach us anything; it\u2019s meant to <em>make<\/em> us something new. God wants our experiences to develop our character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to spiritual matters, there\u2019s a great trap in asking, \u201cWhat\u2019s the point of this?\u201d It isn\u2019t for us to know the point. The moments on the mountaintop are rare, and they are meant for something in God\u2019s own purpose.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve all had times on the mountain, when we\u2019ve seen from God\u2019s viewpoint and have wanted to stay on high. But God will never allow this. The test of our spiritual life &#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2286,"template":"","collection":[],"class_list":["post-2706","modern-classic","type-modern-classic","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/modern-classic\/2706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/modern-classic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/modern-classic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/modern-classic\/2706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=2706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}