The God Of My Valleys
May 24, 2020
All Sunshine And No Rain Makes The Desert
God is God, not just of your mountaintop experiences, he’s the God of the valleys too
Growth doesn’t take place on the mountain peaks, it’s in the valley where most growth takes place
1 Kings 20:23-28
Now the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the mountains, therefore they were stronger than we; but rather let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they. Do this thing: remove the kings, each from his place, and put captains in their place, and muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they.” And he listened to their voice and did so. At the turn of the year, Ben-hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel. The sons of Israel were mustered and were provisioned and went to meet them; and the sons of Israel camped before them like two little flocks of goats, but the Arameans filled the country. Then a man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel and said, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Because the Arameans have said, “The LORD is a god of the mountains, but He is not a god of the valleys,” therefore I will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.’ ”
I. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT VALLEYS
VALLEYS ARE A PART OF LIFE
The Promised Land you are about to enter is a land of hills and valleys…
Deuteronomy 11:11 NLT
“Don’t be surprised when you are tested by troubles or painful suffering, as if something unusual is happening to you.”
1 Peter 4:12 TEV
VALLEYS HAPPEN TO EVERYONE
Good things happen to bad people and bad things happen to good people. Valleys are impartial.
“The good man does not escape all troubles–he has them too. But the Lord helps him in each and every one.”
Psalm 34:19 LB
VALLEYS ARE UNPREDICATABLE
II. WHAT KIND OF VALLEYS TO EXPECT
THE VALLEY OF SIDDIM GENESIS 14:1-11
They Got Stuck In The Pits…
Siddim is the valley of failure: where you slip, fall, and get stuck.
THE VALLEY OF FAILURE
Leave a Reply