Reading my Bible yesterday, I came to these two passages and had to stop. What truth and promises, especially on the journey of chronic illnesses, disability, and isolation! God is bigger than any mountain; God is also in the valley.
“23 Then the servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. Therefore they were stronger than we; but if we fight against them in the plain, surely we will be stronger than they. 24 So do this thing: Dismiss the kings, each from his position, and put captains in their places; 25 and you shall muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain; surely we will be stronger than they.”” The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), 1 Ki 20:23–25.
14 And Elisha said, “As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you, nor see you. 15 But now bring me a musician.” Then it happened, when the musician played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him. 16 And he said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Make this valley full of ditches.’ 17 For thus says the Lord: ‘You shall not see wind, nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you, your cattle, and your animals may drink.’ 18 And this is a simple matter in the sight of the Lord; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand. 19 Also you shall attack every fortified city and every choice city, and shall cut down every good tree, and stop up every spring of water, and ruin every good piece of land with stones.” The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), 2 Ki 3:14–19
These are powerful Scriptures! What a powerful God we have!
My dear friend sent this video to me later yesterday. It ties in with God’s greatness. He can do the impossible in our lives. He sometimes chooses to do that in a way that we don’t expect. A couple quotes from Nick Vujicic, one of them in this video, “The whole point of this side of heaven is not to have the life that you want. It is to have the life God wants.” Also, “If you can’t get a miracle, be one.” Nick Vujicic
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