Sacrifice & Surrender to Go Vertical

God’s way of going vertical is not man’s way of going vertical. Significance is not accomplished in our strength but through faith in God. The only way to truly go vertical is God’s way—faith, obedience, sacrifice and surrender. Abram, later called Abraham (see Genesis 17:5), was not a perfect man and yet “God counted him as righteous because of his faith” (Romans 4:3). When we attempt to go vertical in our own strength as the people in Babel did, exalting man, we may find God bringing down our mission in defeat. But when we selflessly sacrifice ourselves for others (with a rescue in mind!) the Lord will move heaven and earth to make our mission successful.