Mountains and Valleys

Lynda Randle is one of my favorite gospel singers and I especially love her rendition of “God on the Mountain.” This hymn is taken from the historical account of the king of Syria believing that Israel’s God was the God of the mountains but not the God of the valleys. Was he ever mistaken!  However, many a Christian needs to experience this divine fact.

For the God on the mountain
Is still God in the valley
When things go wrong
He’ll make them right
And the God of the good times
Is still God in the bad times
The God of the day
Is still God in the night

1 Kings 20:28

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.’

Life has mountain top experiences when heaven is clearly visible, but it also has valleys where the dark shadows of doubt can be overwhelming. Both sets of circumstances should find us acknowledging our great God.

Give it some thought, Job.

Gary