From the Mountain High to the Valley Low!
Elijah, the prophet of GOD, had just witnessed the fire of GOD rain down on and consume 450 false prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel. He was experiencing the mountain high of Almighty GOD. Life was extraordinarily powerful for him as you can read in 1 Kings 18.
All of a sudden that mountain high became a valley low for him. Consider 1 Kings 19: “Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, ‘May the gods punish me and do so severely if I don’t make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow!’ Then Elijah became afraid and immediately ran for his life” (1 Kings 19:1-3 HCSB).
How does one go from being on top of the mountain one day to being in the bottom of the valley the next? Elijah went from fearless to fearful in a moment’s time. He went from the high of victory to the low of defeat. Self-pity took over his thinking. He began to look aound at his situation with physical eyes—and all he could see was gloom and doom.
The Lord came to him and asked: “What are you doing here Elijah?” The LORD gently spoke to him and reminded him that his power was not from himself. GOD remained in control and He wasn’t finished using Elijah. GOD gave him a fresh vision, a fresh anointing and a fresh task which gave Elijah a fresh hope.
It is very easy for you and I to slip from a mountaintop high to a deep in the valley low. It is easy to get wrapped up in self-pity and begin denying GOD’s power and resources—relying upon our own selves and finding ourselves overcome by discouragement.
Every time we sit down and allow ourselves to begin to focus inward—discouragement becomes our closest friend. GOD is telling you today to get up and get moving. He isn’t through with you yet. 1 John 4:4 is a reminder: “You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world” (HCSB).
You are an overcomer! The power of GOD is with you and in you. Get back up on that mountain of victory in the name and power of Jesus Christ!
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