God of the Valleys Too

God of the Valleys Too

Then the servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills.  Therefore they were stronger than we; but if we fight against them in the plain, surely we will be stronger than they…Then a man of God came and spoke  to the king of Israel, and said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Because the Syrians have said, “the Lord is God of the hills but He is not God of the valleys,” therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.’”                      I Kings 20:23,28

In the darkest moments of our lives, we often feel like God is a thousand miles away.  God is with us on the mountaintops, we think, but in the valleys, we’re all alone.

Nothing could be further from the truth.  In I Kings 20, the Syrian King was told that Syria had fought Israel on the hills and lost because Israel’s God was the God of the hills.  So if they fought the Israelites in the valley, they would win.  Of course, the misinformed Syrians lost again because God is a God of the valleys, too!

My friend, there;s nowhere you can go where you’re not covered by God’s mercy and grace.  Whether you are in the pink of health or terribly ill in the valley of the shadow of death, He is with you and will never leave you nor forsake you.  So don’t lose hope.  The God of the valleys is your strength.  He will uphold you with His righteous right hand and deliver you from your enemies!                                    Joseph Prince