Skip to main content

COMFORT IN THE VALLEY!


Isaiah 40:30-31

New King James Version (NKJV)

30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.


In the short time that you have in this world you can expect to be tested. You should look for it and know that you will have valleys and mountain tops along the path that you walk as a Christian. It may seem that the path gets more and more narrow. It may seem that you come across another path that seems to lead you to easier terrain and a location with “greener grass”. Do not be fooled or discouraged. With each season of testing GOD allows you to experience, there will be a season of recovery and spiritual growth.

When you are in your valley you can rest in the fact that you will have to go up a hill to reach the mountain top. And the higher the mountain top the longer you will endure the climb to reach the summit.  That climb is the time of growth and recovery. You may ask “How do I recover while climbing a hill?” . . . That is easy! As you climb GOD is actually carrying you. In fact, in the valley and up the hill GOD has his hands on you, pushing and sustaining you. Your feelings can deceive you. When you think you are at your lowest is usually the start of your ascent to the summit GOD has prepared for you.  As the word of GOD states, when you wait (look for, rely upon, find hope in) on the Lord you’ll be restored and filled with a fresh outlook on your situation and fly above the problem and reach the mountain top.

One more thing! Once you reach the mountain top look back at the ground GOD has allowed you to cover. Look back at the valleys and other peaks you have stood upon. Praise GOD for his real and ever present move in your live. It is hard to do when you are going through. We seem to forget what GOD has delivered us from while we are in the midst of our valleys.  So I urge you when you are on the summits of life please praise GOD just as hard as when you are in the valleys of life.  Be encouraged! No matter where you are today, on the mountain top, or in the valley of the shadow of death; GOD is with you and will carry you through. Have faith and wait on the Lord!


I love you always and in all ways.

Rev. M. Harrison

Comments

  1. Mrs C TruscottAugust 9, 2012 at 11:54 AM

    Awesome, as usual.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Ch Martin HarrisonAugust 9, 2012 at 11:50 PM

      GOD is awesome. The spirit is on the move and the world better hear it before it is too late. Its time to lead follow or get out of the way!

      Delete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Never Lose You!

Mark 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? _____________________________________________________ The world would have you believe that it has all of the answers.   The world will tell you that what you see, hear, feel, touch and smell is all that is real and worth living for.   But you may not know or understand that living for the rewards of this world come at a cost.   The world’s influence, when used as the blueprint for living, takes your heart and shapes it to its will leaving you an empty shell of who you really are. Nothing in this world is worth changing who you are in Christ.   There is no middle ground in the issue.   Yes, we are all a work in progress and live in this world, but who we are is not dictated by anything or anyone in this world.   Who you are is worth more than whatever this world has to offer.   Do not chase the image the world is selling you.   Unless...
1 comment
Read more

NO MATTER WHAT!

Jeremiah 17:7-8 But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." ______________________________________________ Watching the news and living in a world that seems to have given way to fits of pandemonium it seems as if hope is in short supply.   Each week we get reports of shootings, world hunger, sickness and corruption.   How can anyone be truly blessed when the world is going down.   Like a neighborhood that once was the cream of the Crop that has begun to be run down, our world needs a revival and rejuvenation.   This time and moment are the birth pains that will give way for that revival.   No matter what the world news is reporting! No matter what you hear or see! No matter what tools Satan employs: ...
Post a Comment
Read more

TIME!

James 4:14   Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. __________________________________________________________ Our plans and plots are events that we try to cram into the short time we have on this earth.   The term YOLO is very true.   We only have one life, and one short chance to live and make a difference in this world.   When we make plans for our lives we are, at best, looking at a very small slice of time.   Our time is like a seed.   A seed is small!  Yet it will leave a legacy that will be manifested in the tree and fruit that is produced.   The seed will die but what it leaves behind speaks to what was planted.   What have you decided to do with your time?   Strive to let your life edify God and leave a legacy of love via your life of expression.   Express the gift that God has given you through His son Jesus Chris...
Post a Comment
Read more