I've always enjoyed looking familiar scriptures and finding unfamiliar (not necessarily new) things to think about. The title of this Blog is from I Samuel 17. Here David the future king comes to the place of battle and finds something with which we can all identify. In verse 3 the Bible says "And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. " That is where David would have to go.
The valley between them was lonely, the valley between was a spectacle for all to see. That is what the Christian life is like isn't it? So often the trials and challenges we face are like that. We feel that everyone is watching us, and we recoil at the attention our failures could be drawing our way. Even though friends are great to have when we walk this path, there is no one who can be to us what HE can in the valley.
The valley between was the only way to the throne for David. How could he so confidently stride into this fight? One reason is that he took his previous experiences of defeating animals twice his size with him. He also took the memory of the God who gave the victories with him. His confidence was grounded in the God who delivered him and whose cause was at stake.
Christian, don't forget, despite those things which frustrate us, those things which sting, and those things which disappoint, the cause of our testimony is at stake. Time and eternity alone will tell the good fruit which will arise out or your valley. Endure with joy, persevere knowing He is with you, and knowing that He will not desert you in the valley between.
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