I am in a valley right now but I HAVE to believe that He will bring me through....please keep me in your prayers.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
I HAVE to believe
Posted by Amity at 8:28 PM
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I saved this e-mail from LettersToMySisters....may it bless you as it did me during a rough patch...I will stand in belief with you for your needs :)
A valley can be a very encouraging place – it doesn’t
have to be a place of discouragement – though we’re
often discouraged in the valleys of our lives.
Something I’ve had to remind myself lately, is that
the valley is not someplace to set up camp or build a
house – a valley is a place we pass through – a place
God carries us through in order that He might prepare
us for the next climb – the next monument in our
lives. We too often think that the valley of
despair is or is going to be a permanent place – my
eternal dwelling place – and that’s simply not true.
But it surely seems like it sometimes.
I can recall passing through valleys in my life and
being sure those valleys were permanent and the
conditions were never going to change. I suppose it
wasn’t until I determined to look up – in the valley –
and see the Hand of the LORD, and see that He had
intended that time – that place – for my good and His
glory. I would not have seen that had I continued to
focus on myself, my trials, my failings, my
disappointments. I only saw His glory when I looked
up (still in the valley) to earnestly seek His face
and His will. Only then have I seen the Hand of the
LORD in the valley. I so often have missed that the
LORD has prepared a valley for me so that I *will*
seek Him – so that I *will* praise Him.
One of the hardest things to do in a valley is to sing
praise to the LORD. But I assure you, if you will but
stop, set your burden down and lift your eyes and
voice to the LORD, you will sing praises… you will see
His glory and He will be your strength and song.
“I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will
make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine
only.”
Psalm 71.16
When my way has seemed dark and the only hope or
strength has seemed to fail, I find it difficult to
have hope – yet, I know that Jesus is my strength and
He only is my hope. But I have to come to a place
where I determine: *Thy* will – not *my* will! One of
the hardest things in the valley is not the path, but
*my* will !
But I will hope continually,
and will yet praise thee more and more.
Psalm 71.14
In the valley, I must continually buffet my will and
set my resolve to trust in the LORD – the God of my
salvation. I cannot doubt in the valleys what He’s
taught me on the mountaintops, and I cannot carelessly
squander the marvelous gifts He’s given me along the
way. Doubt and despair are “gift squanderers” and
murmuring and complaining drain the reservoir of joy.
That’s where resolve to trust – resolve to have faith
in adversity is so needful.
I must determine to look up… for the LORD has promised
to neither leave me nor forsake me. He has said:
“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their
strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk,
and not faint.” (Isaiah 40.31)
I know that His pruning is for my good – for I know He
loves me and is continually working that I might
reflect His image and His glory. So, though painful,
His testings and His prunings are needed that I might
yield much fruit. No testing is pleasant for the
moment – as no childbirth is pleasant for a moment –
but then the great blessing that follows is
immeasurable.
So then, my prayer becomes: O, LORD, please let me not
fail to see Your Hand in this valley, and please have
Your will and Your way in me – that I might give you
all the praise, glory and honour due Your name. O,
please let me not miss the work you are doing in and
through me and let me not dishonour You, nor prove
faithless or selfish in this valley. O, LORD, please
direct my path, finish the work in me and help thou my
unbelief – teach me and show me Your ways. And… O,
God – make me thankful! Make me a woman who ever lives
to give You praise.
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that
shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Proverbs
4:18
O, dear sisters… if your way is weary and the path
looks dreary, I pray you will hold on – I pray that
God will be your strength and your song and that you
will not despair. I pray that He will strengthen you
to trust Him – He is able!
I pray for you, this, from Ephesians 3.17-21
“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;
that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May
be able to comprehend with all saints what is the
breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And
to know the love of Christ, which passeth
knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the
fulness of God. Now unto him that is able to do
exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or
think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus
throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.”
Again, may you never forget in the valleys what God
has taught you on the mountaintops!
I Will be praying for you Amity. Jesus bless you during this time. Where do you live? I live in Washington in the pacific northwest about 30 minutes from Seattle. Blessings to you girl! This mother of four is on your side:-)
I will be praying for you!! I found you from Candi's site and have really enjoyed it! I have added you to my blog that I just started. I that is ok!
I found you from Candy's site also. I too will pray for you. I enjoyed seeing the tour of your pretty home and reading a little about your birth stories. God bless!
I found you from Candy's site too. I will be praying for you. We've all been down in the valley. Some verses that have really comforted me during those difficult times are Job 23:8-10.
"But if I go to the east, He is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find Him."
"When He is at work in the north, I do not see Him; when He turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of Him."
"But He knows the way that I take, when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold." Job 23: 8-10.
These are verses I claimed when I was going thru a difficult time in my life, and I just couldn't seem to see God working anywhere, but I trusted that He was, and that He would carry me through.
My prayer was that I would come through the Refiner's fire like gold...pure, strong, reflecting His glory. That I would not be tarnished by the fire, but all the impurities would be melted away. God is gracious and He is with you now. God bless!
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