Healing: Embracing God in the Lowest Valleysنمونہ

Growth happens in the low valleys. Whether you are running to the finish line or walking, or if you are like me, and feel like you are crawling on your hands and knees, keep going. Keep your internal compass set on Jesus. You may feel like you are too weak to move, but God hasn’t left you. You may hear silence but know that God is in the silence. He continues to stand by our sides holding our hand, whispering to us to hold on just a little bit longer.

The book of James is a great example of how we should walk through trials. James starts the book out by saying,

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters whenever you face trials of many kinds,” James 1:2

He doesn't say if you face trials, he says whenever. I find immediate relief in this statement because he is saying you will face trials. He doesn't give the false hope that you might face trials. He goes on to tell how we should face these trials.

James 1:3-6 “because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding faults, and it will be given to you, But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.”

We have to believe our God knows what he is doing when we are in the midst of trials. They may be hard and defeating but we must keep believing in our God. Knowing that He is with us and has us in the palm of His hand. We are never alone in our valleys. He guards us when the fire is all around us, ready to consume. He parts the seas for us to walk through the valley without drowning.

Isn’t it beautiful how well he loves his children? How he takes us to our absolute darkest place and breathes life into us. How he holds us in our pain, allowing us to break so we can find him in the broken pieces. In the healing season, wherever you are, the hard or the beautiful, rest in knowing that our God has you. Be reminded that he is not a God who is the inflictor of pain. Though he may allow his children to go through trials, my God, your God, our God, He is the rescuer. He is never the inflictor, always the rescuer. Our God? He is good. While His children may endure painful seasons He never leaves us in our pain. The tears we shed and the prayers we pray are not lost. They are heard and they are held! Keep moving forward. When you go through trying seasons and when it feels like you have been left alone in your pain, I am here to remind you, never will he leave us, never will he forsake us. Our God? He is good.

The next time you feel the hurt of your season I encourage you to open your Bible and read through the book of James. Let the words speak life into you. Let it encourage you that you are being refined by the fire, maturing into a person who leans solely on God.