[Discoveries] 10-16-07 Where do you meet God?

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*When they walk through the Valley of Weeping,*/
/*it will become a place of refreshing springs,*/
/*where pools of blessing collect after the rains! */
/*-- Psalm 84:6 NLT*/

We all want to meet God on the mountain top. We want to see Jesus 
transfigured before us, in dazzling white. We want a glimpse of heaven.

But life changing spiritual growth occurs not on the mountain top, but 
in the valley. It is in the valley, where we are cold, lonely and 
miserable that God wants to meet us. The servant of Elisha didn't see 
the armies of God until he was surrounded with the armies of men. The 
disciples didn't discover the Lord of peace and calm until they sailed 
with Him into the storm. Mary and Martha didn't discover the 
Resurrection and the Life until Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days.

When we finally do reach the mountain top, what do we see? We see the 
valleys of our lives spread out before us. The mountain top is glorious 
because there we realize that every valley had a purpose, and by walking 
through them we were transformed. Our tears of brokenness give way to 
the showers of God's love.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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