In the Valley there is a Vision
God has been so gracious leading us along the way. We have seen miracles take place, answers to prayer over the past 6 years. And now there is a valley that is deep and vast, but in this valley God has been merciful, and gracious. In this valley God has stripped us of our self worth, self assurance, self praise, if only for the moment to allow us to see more clearly God and His work and His hand. I remember mowing the lawn a few weeks ago, and in the toil of the valley of trouble and strife, a warmness from God came over me, and it was as if He said “trust me.” After all He is God and it is the tendency of my flesh to desire to know, to be in control of the crisis or the heartache. To seek resolution, or restoration, this is part of how God wired me yet in this moment as we have been going through what I call an extended valley this year spiritually I am reminded of God’s mercy and grace in reading through the Valley of Vision this morning.
This is from the Valley of Vision Puritan Prayers.
Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly, Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision, where I live in the depths but see Thee in the heights; hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold Thy glory. Let me learn by paradox that the way down is the way up, that to be low is to be high, that the broken heart is the healed heart, that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit, that the repenting soul is the victorious soul, that to have nothing is to possess all, that to bear the cross is to wear the crown, that to give is to receive, that the valley is the place of vision. Lord, in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells, and the deeper the wells the brighter Thy stars shine; let me find Thy light in my darkness, Thy life in my death, Thy joy in my sorrow, Thy grace in my sin, Thy riches in my poverty, Thy glory in my valley.
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