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our mountain-top experiences. There is a story in the
The battles we face often bring times of weakness, Bible which speaks plainly of this principle.
distress and bewilderment. If our lives were a graph, “Then a prophet came near to the king of Israel, and
these would be the lowest points on the chart. Yet, said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself and observe and
God is not less there than at any other time. For see what you have to do; for at the turn of the year the
these valleys are often as much the plan of God as king of Aram will come up against you. 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 shall be stronger than they...’”
(1 Kings 20:22- 23).
The enemy said that the Lord was only a god of the
mountains. They assumed that if they fought the
people of God in the valleys they would win. However,
we read: “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’” (1 Kings
20:28).
Regardless of what the enemy
tries to do to you, our God is a God
of the mountains and of the
valleys. He has not stopped being
God because you happen to be in
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