WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.660 extend that greeting today. Thank you so much 00:00:02.660 --> 00:00:05.339 for being in the house of the Lord this morning. 00:00:05.660 --> 00:00:08.240 In case I forget a little bit later, I've been 00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:11.580 prone to get wound up and forget things. If you 00:00:11.580 --> 00:00:14.560 go out those doors to my left, your right, we'll 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:19.280 have a smiling face there to bless you and just 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:22.019 to let you know how much we do appreciate you 00:00:22.019 --> 00:00:28.250 being here today. And trust and pray that The 00:00:28.250 --> 00:00:29.949 Spirit of the Lord has already met your heart 00:00:29.949 --> 00:00:33.270 through your praise, through your worship. Amen. 00:00:33.969 --> 00:00:37.810 And you've already encountered the grace of God. 00:00:38.570 --> 00:00:43.049 Amen. For He is truly here. He's truly faithful, 00:00:43.229 --> 00:00:52.070 is He not? Amen. God is truly good. There's an 00:00:52.070 --> 00:01:02.039 old song. Come to my mind, I don't know. A former 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:06.340 pastor of mine, when I was just a boy, this was 00:01:06.340 --> 00:01:09.739 his favorite song. It's on page 285 in that old 00:01:09.739 --> 00:01:16.599 red back end. If you look at 1 Kings 20, around 00:01:16.599 --> 00:01:19.560 23 is where we're going to take our text from. 00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:23.280 I want to preach to you this morning from the 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:29.099 thought, he's the God of the low places. He's 00:01:29.099 --> 00:01:34.019 the God of the low places. And then a large portion 00:01:34.019 --> 00:01:40.439 of this message is about valleys. And then I 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:43.420 got to thinking about this old song on page 285 00:01:43.420 --> 00:01:47.299 in that old redback. It says, The Lily of the 00:01:47.299 --> 00:01:50.579 Valley. How many has ever heard that old song? 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:53.340 Anybody not heard it? Anybody not heard that 00:01:53.340 --> 00:01:56.640 old song? It's one of those little bit quirky, 00:01:56.760 --> 00:02:01.079 rhythmed. type songs, and sometimes it's hard 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:02.879 for me to get. I get all jumbled up, but we'll 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:09.419 catch up on it. Let's see if I can get this. 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:14.800 Well, I have a friend in Jesus. He's everything 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:19.639 to me. He's the fairest of 10 ,000 to my soul. 00:02:21.099 --> 00:02:26.379 The lily of the valley, in him alone I see all 00:02:26.379 --> 00:02:31.419 I need to cleanse and make me fully whole. In 00:02:31.419 --> 00:02:35.500 sorrow, he's my comfort. In trouble, he's my 00:02:35.500 --> 00:02:39.479 stay. He tells me every care on him to roll. 00:02:40.590 --> 00:02:44.509 Well, he's the lily of the valley, the bright 00:02:44.509 --> 00:02:48.550 and morning star. He's the fairest of 10 ,000 00:02:48.550 --> 00:02:51.610 to my soul. Let's try that third verse. He will 00:02:51.610 --> 00:02:55.789 never, never leave me and yet forsake me here. 00:02:56.409 --> 00:03:01.979 By faith and do his will. I told you. A wall 00:03:01.979 --> 00:03:06.219 of fire about me, I've nothing now to fear. With 00:03:06.219 --> 00:03:11.199 his manna he my hungry soul shall feel. Then 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:15.599 sweeping up to glory to see his blessed face 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:20.819 where rivers of delight shall ever roll. Well, 00:03:20.860 --> 00:03:24.960 he's the lily of the valley, the bright and morning 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:28.520 star. He's the fairest. Let's do that first one 00:03:28.520 --> 00:03:31.650 again. That's my favorite anyway. Well, I found 00:03:31.650 --> 00:03:36.110 a friend in Jesus. He's everything to me. He's 00:03:36.110 --> 00:03:42.139 the fairest of 10 ,000 to my soul. The lily of 00:03:42.139 --> 00:03:46.860 the valley, in him alone I see all I need to 00:03:46.860 --> 00:03:52.280 cleanse and make me fully whole. In sorrow, he's 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:56.620 my comfort. In trouble, he's my stay. He tells 00:03:56.620 --> 00:04:01.780 me every care on him to roll. For he's the lily 00:04:01.780 --> 00:04:06.000 of the valley, the bright and morning star. He's 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:10.740 the fairest. of 10 ,000 to my soul. Aren't you 00:04:10.740 --> 00:04:14.560 glad for the lily of the valley? Aren't you glad 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:18.680 that he still blooms? Huh? Aren't you glad he's 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:21.220 still faithful? Aren't you glad he still tells 00:04:21.220 --> 00:04:25.939 us to own him all our care roll? I am. Hallelujah. 00:04:26.379 --> 00:04:31.500 He's the fairest of 10 ,000 to my soul. Amen? 00:04:32.180 --> 00:04:38.879 Amen. I've broken a rule where We're live this 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:45.180 morning, at least at my house. I can do that. 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:59.220 I'm the pastor, you know. Miss you, baby. 1 Kings 00:04:59.220 --> 00:05:06.519 chapter 20. We're going to read a couple of verses. 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:11.839 I want to read verse 23 and verse 28. Several 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:16.339 years ago, I preached a version of this message, 00:05:16.379 --> 00:05:17.860 and we're going to see what the Lord does with 00:05:17.860 --> 00:05:22.860 it again today. He stirred my heart on this message. 00:05:24.199 --> 00:05:28.000 Amen. Half of the crowd is going to be happy 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:31.860 today, and the other half are going to be not 00:05:31.860 --> 00:05:35.040 so happy. That being, how many of you are normally 00:05:35.040 --> 00:05:38.370 freezing to death in here on Sunday? Raise your 00:05:38.370 --> 00:05:41.449 hand. Come on, don't be shamed. Okay, you should 00:05:41.449 --> 00:05:44.250 feel a little better because we've got one side 00:05:44.250 --> 00:05:46.410 of the compressors down through one of the lightning 00:05:46.410 --> 00:05:49.449 storms this week. And so that means the rest 00:05:49.449 --> 00:05:52.089 of you have to suffer while they feel a little 00:05:52.089 --> 00:05:56.569 bit more comfort. You know, you get half one 00:05:56.569 --> 00:05:59.250 week and half the next week. If you can break 00:05:59.250 --> 00:06:07.769 half, you're doing good. Amen. Verse 23. Chapter 00:06:07.769 --> 00:06:14.689 20 of the book of 1 Kings. And the servants of 00:06:14.689 --> 00:06:18.829 the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are 00:06:18.829 --> 00:06:23.509 gods of the hills. Therefore, they were stronger 00:06:23.509 --> 00:06:27.209 than we. But let us fight against them in the 00:06:27.209 --> 00:06:30.910 plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. 00:06:31.189 --> 00:06:36.199 Verse 28. And there came a man of God. Aren't 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:41.060 you glad that when you need something, God will 00:06:41.060 --> 00:06:44.839 send you a word? Amen. He'll send a word. When 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:48.279 you're in need, he will send a word. And there 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:51.500 came a man of God and spake unto the king of 00:06:51.500 --> 00:06:56.920 Israel and said, Thus saith the Lord. When you 00:06:56.920 --> 00:07:00.459 get to there now, it's on, right? It's done settled. 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:03.540 It's done done. Thus saith the Lord, because 00:07:03.540 --> 00:07:08.420 the Syrians have said, the Lord is God of the 00:07:08.420 --> 00:07:13.519 hills, but he is not God of the valleys. Therefore 00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:16.660 will I deliver all this great multitude into 00:07:16.660 --> 00:07:21.139 thine hand, and you shall know that I am the 00:07:21.139 --> 00:07:24.160 Lord, the God of the low places. I'll pray for 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:25.660 you if you pray for me. Father, we love you. 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:27.180 We thank you for your goodness, your mercy, and 00:07:27.180 --> 00:07:29.720 the abundance of your grace. I ask God that you'd 00:07:29.720 --> 00:07:31.540 have your way in our hearts and our minds this 00:07:31.540 --> 00:07:35.139 morning, for truly you are good and your mercy 00:07:35.139 --> 00:07:38.639 endures forever. Lord, not to be absent -minded 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:40.779 of the happenings of our nation and all that's 00:07:40.779 --> 00:07:43.680 going on in this world. Again, another second 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:47.319 hand on the time clock of eternity has already 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:50.360 clicked. Lord, we know the despair that's in 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:53.339 the world. We know the wars and rumors of wars 00:07:53.339 --> 00:07:56.160 that are going on in this world. And I ask God 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:59.019 today that you would speak of peace. that only 00:07:59.019 --> 00:08:02.060 you can. Lord, may you intervene on behalf of 00:08:02.060 --> 00:08:04.920 nations of this world. Unless it be the time 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:07.740 of the sending of your son, and if it be so, 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:12.120 even so, Lord, come quickly. Maranatha, hallelujah. 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:15.540 Come quickly. Help us today, Father God, in Jesus' 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:19.160 mighty and holy name. And the church said, amen 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:21.300 and amen. Tell your neighbor, he's God in the 00:08:21.300 --> 00:08:25.540 low places. I want you to keep in mind today, 00:08:25.699 --> 00:08:27.579 because once I get wound up, I know I'll forget. 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:31.199 Remember Pastor Brian and Sister Erica and the 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:33.879 team, they're going over to minister this evening 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:38.120 at a district service in the Sequatchie Valley 00:08:38.120 --> 00:08:41.200 over at the Dunlap District. So that's the reason 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:42.980 he's not singing. He's kind of got a little bit 00:08:42.980 --> 00:08:45.240 of stuff going on. He's saving all he's got for 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:48.730 tonight. Amen. So just pray the Lord use them 00:08:48.730 --> 00:08:51.809 in a mighty way. Souls be saved, touched, sanctified, 00:08:51.970 --> 00:08:53.889 filled with the Holy Ghost, healed, delivered. 00:08:54.169 --> 00:08:57.230 And the Lord just use them in a mighty way. Amen. 00:08:58.210 --> 00:09:02.450 God of the low places. Something I think would 00:09:02.450 --> 00:09:08.110 prove well for us to remember is that the devil 00:09:08.110 --> 00:09:11.490 is a loud mouth. I just want you to know that. 00:09:11.629 --> 00:09:16.309 The old term and the old phrase is he's a blowhard. 00:09:17.089 --> 00:09:19.809 Anybody know what I'm talking about? He likes 00:09:19.809 --> 00:09:23.889 to boast. He likes to brag, amen, and just blow 00:09:23.889 --> 00:09:27.710 his smoke as the old saying goes. And especially 00:09:27.710 --> 00:09:30.750 he will do that if he ever gets a little bit 00:09:30.750 --> 00:09:34.710 of an inkling of victory over God's people. If 00:09:34.710 --> 00:09:36.549 he thinks he's getting the upper hand on you, 00:09:36.690 --> 00:09:40.049 he's going to try to brag about it. He's going 00:09:40.049 --> 00:09:43.210 to try to boast about it to you mainly. You know, 00:09:43.230 --> 00:09:46.529 he tries to boast. and those in whom he's trying 00:09:46.529 --> 00:09:49.950 to gain victory over. But God, however, is very 00:09:49.950 --> 00:09:54.529 jealous for his namesake, amen, his reputation, 00:09:54.789 --> 00:09:58.590 and his people. Therefore, allowing the enemy 00:09:58.590 --> 00:10:02.990 to win and to brag actually rubs God the wrong 00:10:02.990 --> 00:10:09.649 way. He's not for that, amen. So God is invested 00:10:09.649 --> 00:10:13.210 in the overthrowing of the schemes of the wicked 00:10:13.210 --> 00:10:17.230 one, the enemy against God's people, and he's 00:10:17.230 --> 00:10:21.309 all about vindicating God's children. You do 00:10:21.309 --> 00:10:23.149 remember the word of the Lord says, vengeance 00:10:23.149 --> 00:10:27.370 is mine. saith the Lord. Amen? You don't ever 00:10:27.370 --> 00:10:29.429 have to worry about getting back at the devil 00:10:29.429 --> 00:10:33.049 or anyone. If you'll just hold on. If you'll 00:10:33.049 --> 00:10:35.450 just hold on, you'll see God do something for 00:10:35.450 --> 00:10:38.210 you that you can sit back. Now, I know we don't 00:10:38.210 --> 00:10:41.070 like to do this, but, you know, you do. You'll 00:10:41.070 --> 00:10:43.370 sit back and kindly smile when you see the Lord 00:10:43.370 --> 00:10:46.409 overtake your enemy. You know, we feel sorry 00:10:46.409 --> 00:10:48.409 for them, but we kindly say, like, yeah, mess 00:10:48.409 --> 00:10:53.179 with me again. Right? Come on. God's got me. 00:10:53.259 --> 00:10:56.100 He's got you. Amen. We'll pray for them, but 00:10:56.100 --> 00:10:57.759 we can pray for them with a smile on their face. 00:10:58.419 --> 00:11:03.279 Amen. In our text this morning, we see to what 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:07.360 extent God will actually go to and how God intervenes. 00:11:07.980 --> 00:11:12.200 And he will stop short at nothing will hinder 00:11:12.200 --> 00:11:17.460 him from short -circuiting the plan and all that 00:11:17.460 --> 00:11:21.029 the enemy has devised against his people. God 00:11:21.029 --> 00:11:25.250 loves to mess up the devil's plan. He enjoys 00:11:25.250 --> 00:11:29.169 putting the enemy off. Amen? He does. And so 00:11:29.169 --> 00:11:32.129 what we need to see this morning from this text 00:11:32.129 --> 00:11:36.610 is a very encouraging word. It encouraged me 00:11:36.610 --> 00:11:39.370 all over again. It's really stirred in my heart 00:11:39.370 --> 00:11:43.299 that God is on our side. Amen. No matter what 00:11:43.299 --> 00:11:45.259 the enemy's trying to do, no matter how he's 00:11:45.259 --> 00:11:49.960 trying to destroy, deceive, God is on our side, 00:11:49.980 --> 00:11:53.279 and he'll not allow the enemy to try up over 00:11:53.279 --> 00:11:56.840 you very long. Amen. He's not going to allow 00:11:56.840 --> 00:12:00.600 him to have super superiority over your life, 00:12:00.659 --> 00:12:03.740 especially if you come before him and you do 00:12:03.740 --> 00:12:06.240 what his word says and you cast all your care 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:09.679 on him for he cares for you. When you do that, 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:12.440 God is on your side. He will take up your cause. 00:12:12.580 --> 00:12:15.500 He will take up your plight. Your battle becomes 00:12:15.500 --> 00:12:18.379 his battle. Amen. And God will be on your side. 00:12:18.500 --> 00:12:21.700 And when we think about this God of the low places, 00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:25.690 understand that it's... It's a reference to valleys 00:12:25.690 --> 00:12:28.970 in our life. Amen. And we need to know that God 00:12:28.970 --> 00:12:32.529 encourages us in our low moments, in our low 00:12:32.529 --> 00:12:35.889 times. Amen. Here we have the Syrian army. The 00:12:35.889 --> 00:12:38.149 Israelites defeated them in the hill country. 00:12:38.289 --> 00:12:43.029 And you've got some king's servant who had a 00:12:43.029 --> 00:12:46.190 bright idea. Hey, hey, their God is the God of 00:12:46.190 --> 00:12:48.269 the hill country. That's why we lost. That's 00:12:48.269 --> 00:12:51.649 why we got to feed. He's the God of the hills. 00:12:51.809 --> 00:12:53.570 And I tell you what, if we can get them down 00:12:53.570 --> 00:12:56.169 in the valleys, we can take them. We can take 00:12:56.169 --> 00:12:58.690 them if we get them down in the valley. Amen. 00:12:58.929 --> 00:13:02.509 The term valley actually means an elongated depression 00:13:02.509 --> 00:13:06.190 in the earth's surface. But the term many years 00:13:06.190 --> 00:13:09.590 ago has begun to relate to the body and the people 00:13:09.590 --> 00:13:13.389 of God who have found low places in their life. 00:13:13.490 --> 00:13:16.850 It's an elongated, long, depressive state sometimes. 00:13:17.389 --> 00:13:19.809 that we find ourselves getting into. It's not 00:13:19.809 --> 00:13:22.190 a pleasant moment. Sometimes valleys are pleasant. 00:13:22.330 --> 00:13:24.730 Amen. Sometimes they are. They're not always 00:13:24.730 --> 00:13:28.629 to be despised and rejected. Sometimes there's 00:13:28.629 --> 00:13:30.990 some beautiful moments in the valley. Can I tell 00:13:30.990 --> 00:13:33.070 you, that's going to be one of the closest places 00:13:33.070 --> 00:13:35.690 you'll ever walk with God is when you're walking 00:13:35.690 --> 00:13:38.309 in the valley because that's when I need him 00:13:38.309 --> 00:13:41.090 the most. Amen. That's when I need him to come 00:13:41.090 --> 00:13:44.049 nearer. That's when I need that kindness and 00:13:44.049 --> 00:13:46.509 the gentleness and the comfort of the Holy Ghost. 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:49.740 Amen. Just walk with me. Sister Kathy and I was 00:13:49.740 --> 00:13:51.320 riding the other day, and I began to sing that 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:55.039 old song. He comes in the garden. Amen. I walked 00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:59.980 in the garden alone while the dew was still on 00:13:59.980 --> 00:14:05.919 the roses. And the voice I hear calling on my 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:14.480 ear, the voice of God gently calling and walks. 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:24.580 with me and he and he tells me and the voice 00:14:24.580 --> 00:14:34.080 I hear falling home my ear none other has ever 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:39.399 known see that's the valley you get that in the 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:41.799 valley he comes to you he'll walk with you and 00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:43.940 the voice that you hear and the joy that you 00:14:43.940 --> 00:14:46.639 hear and the comfort that he provides is in the 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:48.860 valley. Amen. When we're on the mountain, we're 00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:51.379 flying high in our own strength. Amen. We're 00:14:51.379 --> 00:14:53.220 going in the victories that we have just fought 00:14:53.220 --> 00:14:55.899 and God has helped us win and we're doing pretty 00:14:55.899 --> 00:14:58.580 good. But when we begin the descent, amen, when 00:14:58.580 --> 00:15:01.519 we begin to go down and we all go down, don't 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:03.559 ever think for a moment that the characteristics 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:07.399 of the valley aren't applicable to every one 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:10.740 of us because these low places will appear in 00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:13.769 our Our lives from time to time. Some characteristics 00:15:13.769 --> 00:15:16.789 of the valleys are this. They are unavoidable. 00:15:17.690 --> 00:15:21.470 Valleys in life are unavoidable. You can't get 00:15:21.470 --> 00:15:23.970 around them. Amen. You can't get away from them. 00:15:23.990 --> 00:15:27.210 At one point or another or maybe many times in 00:15:27.210 --> 00:15:29.750 your life, the longer you live, the more valleys 00:15:29.750 --> 00:15:32.110 that you will trod through. Amen. The more that 00:15:32.110 --> 00:15:34.230 you will have to go through. Things are going 00:15:34.230 --> 00:15:37.269 on and things are going to happen in our lives. 00:15:37.309 --> 00:15:39.990 It's going to bring us to some elongated journey. 00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:42.899 It's going to bring us to a depressed section 00:15:42.899 --> 00:15:45.320 of life, and we're going to be low, and we're 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:48.340 going to be down. You can count on it. It's unavoidable. 00:15:48.419 --> 00:15:51.200 You're going to find one. It's always been said, 00:15:51.299 --> 00:15:53.480 either this, you're either coming out of a valley 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:55.779 right now, or you're in the middle of a valley, 00:15:55.860 --> 00:15:58.220 or you're at the threshold about to go into a 00:15:58.220 --> 00:16:00.940 valley. That's just the way life works. That's 00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:03.860 just the way the enemy is out to steal, to kill, 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:06.720 and to destroy every single one of us. And you 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:09.179 don't think for a moment that he's going to give 00:16:09.179 --> 00:16:12.509 us ample peace, do you? No. oh, he's coming tomorrow. 00:16:12.730 --> 00:16:15.509 He's coming on Tuesday. He'll show up on Wednesday. 00:16:15.649 --> 00:16:18.029 He'll show up on Thursday. But that's all right 00:16:18.029 --> 00:16:21.730 because there is a blooming lily in every single 00:16:21.730 --> 00:16:25.370 valley, and he's the fairest of 10 ,000 to my 00:16:25.370 --> 00:16:28.389 soul. Okay, devil, I know there's a valley coming 00:16:28.389 --> 00:16:31.090 my way. I may be in it. I may be coming out. 00:16:31.169 --> 00:16:33.750 I may just be getting started, but that's okay 00:16:33.750 --> 00:16:37.269 because my God is the God of the valley. Hallelujah. 00:16:37.330 --> 00:16:39.850 I don't care what the enemy says, but he's only 00:16:39.850 --> 00:16:42.840 fighting for you. you on the hillside. No, he's 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:45.580 fighting for me and walking with me and talking 00:16:45.580 --> 00:16:48.539 with me as I'm going through the valley. Every 00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:51.600 valley that I go through, the anointed one is 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:54.980 with me. And there is a rose of Sharon that blooms 00:16:54.980 --> 00:16:58.879 with the lily. I'm here to tell you today, he 00:16:58.879 --> 00:17:13.519 is the God of the low places. these characteristics. 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:22.740 They're unavoidable. You can't go around it. 00:17:24.180 --> 00:17:27.480 You can't go over it. You can't tunnel under 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:37.099 it. You've got to go through it. You've got to 00:17:37.099 --> 00:17:43.000 go through it. So they're unavoidable. Another 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:45.220 characteristic about valleys is they're unpredictable. 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:53.160 Isn't that the truth? It's like all three stations 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:57.079 of our weather people. All of our meteorologists 00:17:57.079 --> 00:18:02.079 around our area. The Tennessee Valley weather 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:07.619 is unpredictable. They try. I know they do. Or 00:18:07.619 --> 00:18:09.059 at least I think they do. They spend a lot of 00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:13.950 money to get an education. And why we watch the 00:18:13.950 --> 00:18:17.549 European model for our weather to begin with 00:18:17.549 --> 00:18:26.589 just baffles me. I mean, what do they know? It 00:18:26.589 --> 00:18:31.910 rains over there all the time anyway. Valleys 00:18:31.910 --> 00:18:35.369 are unpredictable. You cannot plan valleys. You 00:18:35.369 --> 00:18:40.359 can't time valleys out. Amen? They're unscheduled. 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:44.000 They're usually and most always come at the most 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:50.599 inconvenient moments of your life. Because if 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:53.400 it wasn't inconvenient for you and the worst 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:58.079 possible time for a valley to show up, then why 00:18:58.079 --> 00:19:00.640 would the enemy carve it out in front of you? 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:08.259 It has to be unpredictable. It's like a... Have 00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:14.259 you ever had a flat at a good time? Come on. 00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:19.140 Have you ever had a flat tire at an opportune 00:19:19.140 --> 00:19:22.259 moment when you've got all the time in the world 00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:26.279 to fix it? No. That's not when your tire's flat. 00:19:26.460 --> 00:19:29.400 It's when you hit snooze three times and you're 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:31.920 late for work already and you get up and run 00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:34.460 out the door and there it is. Flat is the old 00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:38.390 saying, a flitter. Flatter to flitter. Anybody 00:19:38.390 --> 00:19:42.069 ever heard that? That's not opportune. That's 00:19:42.069 --> 00:19:45.349 not scheduled. It's so unpredictable. You didn't 00:19:45.349 --> 00:19:48.269 decide to run over a tack that the roofer let 00:19:48.269 --> 00:19:50.710 out of the truck yesterday coming home. That 00:19:50.710 --> 00:19:53.410 was not scheduled. That was not planned. Matter 00:19:53.410 --> 00:19:56.589 of fact, it's the most unopportune moment for 00:19:56.589 --> 00:19:58.890 a flat there is. Or if you're going down the 00:19:58.890 --> 00:20:01.410 highway and you run over something going to some 00:20:01.410 --> 00:20:03.509 place that you needed to have been 10 minutes 00:20:03.509 --> 00:20:05.750 ago, pow, pow. pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, 00:20:05.769 --> 00:20:07.829 and over on the side of the road. And you're 00:20:07.829 --> 00:20:10.329 sitting there wanting to pull every hair of your 00:20:10.329 --> 00:20:16.589 head out. Unless you're Randy. I don't know what 00:20:16.589 --> 00:20:24.890 he does. How frustrated do you have to be? There's 00:20:24.890 --> 00:20:29.950 no opportune time for valleys. Amen? They're 00:20:29.950 --> 00:20:33.170 unpredictable, but they're coming. So just get 00:20:33.170 --> 00:20:36.380 ready. That's why you carry a spare tire, hopefully. 00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:43.099 I don't. Just call AAA or somebody. Something 00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:48.099 else about valleys. Valleys are impartial. They're 00:20:48.099 --> 00:20:54.420 equal opportunity offenders. Hello? No one is 00:20:54.420 --> 00:21:00.140 immune, so thereby we are all subject to. Amen? 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:03.369 They are impartial. Can I tell you, the devil's 00:21:03.369 --> 00:21:07.750 out to kill, steal, and to destroy us all. Amen. 00:21:07.789 --> 00:21:10.849 I know I'm God's favorite son. I know I am. I 00:21:10.849 --> 00:21:13.230 know he loves me more than he loves any of you. 00:21:13.670 --> 00:21:17.549 I know that. Favor, God's grace and favor leans 00:21:17.549 --> 00:21:22.450 my way, even in my valleys. No matter how low 00:21:22.450 --> 00:21:25.730 they are and no matter how low they become, God... 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:28.460 God loves me. And let me just share it with you. 00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:31.559 I know I like to say that, but God loves you 00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:36.519 every bit as much as he loves me. Amen. His grace 00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:39.720 is extended to you every day as much as he extends 00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:43.819 his grace toward me every single day. As valleys 00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:47.599 are impartial, so is God. All that call upon 00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:51.859 the name of the Lord shall. Be saved. Call unto 00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:54.519 me and I will answer you. Show you things that 00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:57.099 are higher than you and more mightier than you. 00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:59.740 I'll show you. I will baffle you. You just prove 00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:03.079 me and see. That's for you. That's for me. As 00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:05.880 the valleys are impartial, so is God's abundant 00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:08.640 grace and love. Yes, you're going to make it. 00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:10.480 Yes, you're going to hold on. Yes, you're going 00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:12.640 to go down. Yes, you're going to go into the 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:15.180 valley. It's impartial. It's truly coming your 00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:19.319 way. The Word of God says in Matthew 545, God 00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:22.839 causes his son to rise on the evil and the good, 00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:26.539 and he causes it to rain. He sends rain on the 00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:29.640 righteous, and he sends rain on the unrighteous. 00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:32.059 What does that mean, Pastor? Everybody's going 00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:34.799 to get wet from time to time, but the sun is 00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:37.740 also going to shine for everyone at one time 00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:41.220 or another. So get your Eeyore off of you, amen. 00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:44.180 Go ahead and pin your tail on right and start 00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:48.240 walking now. God, Eeyore. Pick your head up. 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:51.380 Linus, wring out your blanket because the cloud 00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:54.680 isn't going to follow you every single day. Hallelujah. 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:57.059 You might as well. I've come to tell myself. 00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:59.680 I've come to tell everybody listening. I've come 00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:01.859 to tell everyone sitting here today. We've got 00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:04.980 to tell ourselves by his grace which is sufficient 00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:07.660 for our life. Pick up our head. Pick up ourselves 00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:10.200 and get ready, get ready, get ready, get ready, 00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:13.680 get ready because the grace of God is all sufficient. 00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:20.160 Come on, Eeyore. Pick up. We need to get a little 00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:25.980 tigger in our life. I wish the kids was in here 00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:32.359 that morning. They'd be laughing. We need a little 00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:35.779 tigger in our life. We need a little spring to 00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:37.740 our step. It's hard to spring in the valley, 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:41.299 trust me. But that's when we need the spring. 00:23:42.410 --> 00:23:44.910 That's when we need to understand and realize 00:23:44.910 --> 00:23:49.490 that God's grace is with us in the low places. 00:23:49.630 --> 00:23:53.509 Here we have the Syrians saying that God is only 00:23:53.509 --> 00:23:56.470 God on the mountain and he's not God in the valley. 00:23:56.630 --> 00:23:58.609 Well, they never heard that Bestow Goodman song, 00:23:58.730 --> 00:24:02.130 didn't they? He's a God on the mountain and he's 00:24:02.130 --> 00:24:05.890 still God in the valley. When things go wrong, 00:24:06.170 --> 00:24:10.019 he'll make them right. Amen? They didn't hear 00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:11.660 that song. They'd have heard that song. They 00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:13.700 would have never said that and cost them the 00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:16.200 ultimate defeat that entered into their life. 00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:20.180 He's only God on the mountain. They did not know 00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:24.519 who Jehovah really was. Had they known for sure 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:27.440 that Jehovah was the God of the universe and 00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:30.039 the God of the creations and the God who spoke, 00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:34.079 he was Elohim. Had they only known, they would 00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:37.460 have never let those foolish words out of their 00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:42.599 mouth. Oh, we have to be careful what foolish 00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:50.579 words we let out of our mouths. Another characteristic, 00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:55.940 valleys are temporary. Say that with me. Say 00:24:55.940 --> 00:25:01.180 it again. Valleys are temporary. Valleys are 00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:08.480 temporary. Valleys are not caves. Valleys are 00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:12.930 temporary. Elongated depressions in the earth's 00:25:12.930 --> 00:25:18.769 surface. That's a valley. The longest valley 00:25:18.769 --> 00:25:22.930 in the world is the Great Rift. I wrote it down 00:25:22.930 --> 00:25:26.250 here somewhere. Here it is. It's the Great Rift 00:25:26.250 --> 00:25:32.049 Valley. It stretches 4 ,300 miles from Asia, 00:25:32.250 --> 00:25:36.750 Jordan in Asia, all the way through Mozambique 00:25:36.750 --> 00:25:44.000 into Africa. 300 miles. But can I tell you, it 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:46.319 doesn't go all the way around and come back and 00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:51.200 meet itself. No, valleys are like tunnels, not 00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:54.450 caves. You may have to get around a little bit 00:25:54.450 --> 00:25:57.269 of geography change, but you'll eventually see 00:25:57.269 --> 00:26:00.950 the light at the other end. It's just not a cave 00:26:00.950 --> 00:26:03.210 that you're in. The devil's trying to tell you 00:26:03.210 --> 00:26:06.450 that it's over. It's all finished. You're done. 00:26:06.569 --> 00:26:08.750 You're washed up. There's no more good for you, 00:26:08.809 --> 00:26:10.829 but I'm here to tell you right now, you're not 00:26:10.829 --> 00:26:12.829 in a cave, and they're not going to put dirt 00:26:12.829 --> 00:26:15.849 over you and bury you. It's like a rut. A rut 00:26:15.849 --> 00:26:18.230 is like a grave with both ends knocked out, and 00:26:18.230 --> 00:26:20.529 if there's a way out, I'm going to find it. Hallelujah. 00:26:20.869 --> 00:26:23.150 I'm not stupid. staying. You've got to determine 00:26:23.150 --> 00:26:25.789 I'm not staying in this temporary condition. 00:26:26.049 --> 00:26:29.690 I'm not remaining in this valley forever because 00:26:29.690 --> 00:26:33.769 Osama said, yea, though I walk through the valley 00:26:33.769 --> 00:26:36.869 of the shadow of death, his declaration is I 00:26:36.869 --> 00:26:41.549 will fear no evil while I am here on my temporary 00:26:41.549 --> 00:27:00.539 journey. Temporary. Keep a cool head. Keep calm, 00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:06.440 collective. Preaching to myself. On my first 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:10.299 missionary trip to Ecuador with Brother Ronald 00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:14.740 Reagan, we're sitting on a bus for a couple hours 00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:18.980 waiting on the local folk to get around, get 00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:22.339 up, and let's get going. And he told us something. 00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:25.480 He could tell we was all getting kind of... A 00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:28.799 bunch of us were pastors, and once you set things 00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:32.099 up, let's get it going. Eight o 'clock means 00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:34.940 eight o 'clock, doesn't it? Well, along about 00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:38.680 ten, they finally showed up. Brother Reagan told 00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:44.480 us, he said, listen, be flexible, and you won't 00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:50.279 get bent out of shape. I was kindly already getting 00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:55.019 twisted sitting on that bus. Sort of getting 00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:58.319 twisted out of shape. And then he said that. 00:27:58.359 --> 00:28:02.279 I always remember. Be flexible and you won't 00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:04.160 get bent out of shape. Look, in your valley, 00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:10.619 don't become rigid. Rigid breaks. Rigid fractures. 00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:14.519 Amen. Rigid will warp if you're not careful. 00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:20.720 But flexible. Come on. I about threw one out 00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:32.809 right there. I felt it click. Oh, Lord. Be flexible 00:28:32.809 --> 00:28:36.029 and you won't get bent out of shape. When it 00:28:36.029 --> 00:28:38.430 comes to things of the Spirit in your life, be 00:28:38.430 --> 00:28:42.650 flexible. Amen? If you're flexible, you won't 00:28:42.650 --> 00:28:44.730 get bent out of shape. 1 Peter 5 and 8 and 11 00:28:44.730 --> 00:28:48.230 says, Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary, 00:28:48.650 --> 00:28:51.170 the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about seeking 00:28:51.170 --> 00:28:55.460 whom he may devour. Whom resists. steadfast in 00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:58.619 the faith. Can I tell you the only way you're 00:28:58.619 --> 00:29:01.079 going to resist him is in the faith? You can 00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:04.259 try yourself. You can try your anger. You can 00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:06.700 try your doubt. You can try everything, your 00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:09.380 frustration. You can try to resist him and all 00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:11.279 of that, and all you're going to get is more 00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:13.359 frustrated. All you're going to get is madder 00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:15.880 by the minute because that's not how we resist 00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:18.359 the devil that's coming against us, that's roaring 00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:21.039 against us in our low places, in our valleys 00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:24.150 of life. The only way we stand steadfast against 00:29:24.150 --> 00:29:26.930 him as if we resist him in the faith. And how 00:29:26.930 --> 00:29:30.470 do we do that, Pastor? Oh, Lord, we resist him 00:29:30.470 --> 00:29:32.369 in the faith because greater is he that's in 00:29:32.369 --> 00:29:34.930 us than he that is in this world. That's how 00:29:34.930 --> 00:29:37.849 I resist him by faith, knowing that if God be 00:29:37.849 --> 00:29:41.970 for me, then who can be against me? That's how 00:29:41.970 --> 00:29:45.250 I stand. That's how we're going day by day. That's 00:29:45.250 --> 00:29:47.849 how I'm going to walk through and out the other 00:29:47.849 --> 00:29:51.490 end of any valley that presents itself in the 00:29:51.490 --> 00:29:57.150 duration of my faith. on this earth. You'd be 00:29:57.150 --> 00:30:00.490 well to serve yourself notice as well. There 00:30:00.490 --> 00:30:02.650 is a devil out there. Whom resists steadfast 00:30:02.650 --> 00:30:06.049 in the faith? Knowing. Here's something else. 00:30:06.150 --> 00:30:11.809 You got to know some stuff. Amen. Knowing that 00:30:11.809 --> 00:30:16.069 the same afflictions are accomplished in your 00:30:16.069 --> 00:30:21.099 brethren that are in the world. The next time 00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:24.900 that you take a break in your valley at the juniper 00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:28.940 tree of life and you start making yourself some 00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:33.000 sour grape juniper drink and you're supping on 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:35.859 the bitter root of life and you're trying to 00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:38.160 sit under the shade in the depression of your 00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:42.119 valley and you start declaring, well, woe is 00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:48.059 me. Oh, despair and agony. Why me, oh God, why? 00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:52.059 I'll tell you why you. Why not you? Why not me? 00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:55.019 Why not us? Why not the church? Why not the people? 00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:56.839 We're the ones that are supposed to be walking 00:30:56.839 --> 00:31:00.420 by faith, amen, trusting in God's unchanging 00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:03.779 hand. Why not us? Because the afflictions of 00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:06.799 the brethren, knowing that they've already endured, 00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:10.700 they have already come through victorious, knowing. 00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:15.279 That the same afflictions are accomplished in 00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:22.180 your brethren that are in the world. Next time 00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:24.200 the devil jumps up on your shoulder or sends 00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:26.380 one of his little imps to whisper in your ear, 00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:29.680 well, God don't love you. If he loved you, you 00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:32.299 wouldn't be going through this. I have you to 00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:34.759 know he loves me because I'm going through it. 00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:39.000 I'm going through it because he loves me. Huh? 00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:44.539 He trusts me. I know some of you are saying, 00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:52.920 I wish he didn't trust me so much. But I've not 00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:57.480 endured in life anything such as old man Job. 00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:02.279 I've not endured that stuff. Neither have you. 00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:12.460 Hello? Neither have you. He made it. If he made 00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:15.819 it, you and I are going to make it. Why? Because 00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:17.880 we serve the same God he did, the God of the 00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:20.880 low places. And I'll tell you what he'll do when 00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:24.279 you're all piled up and scraping the sores off 00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:26.400 your body and your friends have come up and said, 00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:30.579 well, what did you do? Right? Your good friends, 00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:32.700 one come up and sat across the fire and looked 00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:36.940 at you for a week and never said a word. You 00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:38.720 know what it'd make you want to do? Crawl around 00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:57.589 the fire and slap somebody. Come on. That's one 00:32:57.589 --> 00:33:00.829 of my slim winter jackets. It's hot out there. 00:33:02.450 --> 00:33:04.890 I had on one of my loose -fitting summer jackets, 00:33:04.970 --> 00:33:09.069 but it was way too loose. Yeah, it makes you 00:33:09.069 --> 00:33:10.769 want to slide around the fire and slap somebody. 00:33:11.849 --> 00:33:13.890 And then when they do start talking to you, they 00:33:13.890 --> 00:33:17.869 say, well, what did you do? You had to have sinned 00:33:17.869 --> 00:33:22.690 against God, Job. What did you do? And Job's 00:33:22.690 --> 00:33:26.349 sitting over there, I know, thinking, I can't 00:33:26.349 --> 00:33:30.910 think of a thing. I offer up sacrifices for my 00:33:30.910 --> 00:33:35.470 children. I worship for myself. We give. We've 00:33:35.470 --> 00:33:37.390 done everything that we're supposed to do. We 00:33:37.390 --> 00:33:41.359 show up at time for worship. I don't know what 00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:43.420 I could have done against God. It's not that 00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:46.880 you've done anything against God. Hear me now. 00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:48.700 Somebody needs to hear the pastor this morning. 00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:51.380 You haven't offended God just because you're 00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:53.619 going through a rough patch. You haven't made 00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:55.900 him mad and you've searched. I always search 00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:59.259 myself. I pray, seek God as the Holy Ghost. If 00:33:59.259 --> 00:34:01.460 there be any sin in me, purge me and cleanse 00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:03.960 me. Convict me, bring it to my knowledge that 00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:07.299 I may utter my repentance. Amen. Because I don't 00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:09.960 want anything between me and God. And I tell 00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:12.650 God that God. Do not let me sin against you. 00:34:12.710 --> 00:34:15.550 And if I have, oh, bring it to my mind that I 00:34:15.550 --> 00:34:18.070 may repent unto you. And if I can't think of 00:34:18.070 --> 00:34:21.289 it, purge me anyway. Cleanse me anyway. Let the 00:34:21.289 --> 00:34:24.289 blood that flows from Emmanuel vein, let it cleanse 00:34:24.289 --> 00:34:27.309 me, Lord, so that I have not ought against you. 00:34:31.329 --> 00:34:35.769 It's not that you've messed up. It could be that 00:34:35.769 --> 00:34:39.610 as the enemy against your soul has showed up, 00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:48.039 To staff meeting in heaven. And God said to the 00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:53.400 devil, have you considered my servant Job? Come 00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:55.460 on now. I know we don't like this one, but remember, 00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:58.900 things are temporary. Things are temporary. Have 00:34:58.900 --> 00:35:02.360 you considered my servant Job? Well, I love the 00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:04.280 devil's answer. Well, yeah, I thought about him, 00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:14.329 but look, I can't even get to the old boy. You've 00:35:14.329 --> 00:35:16.690 got a hedge built up around that boy. I've thought 00:35:16.690 --> 00:35:19.630 about him many times. I've walked by Job's compound 00:35:19.630 --> 00:35:21.530 and think, man, if I could get in there, I could 00:35:21.530 --> 00:35:24.570 really do some work against that old boy. I could 00:35:24.570 --> 00:35:27.210 really destroy him. And don't you know that God 00:35:27.210 --> 00:35:31.230 knew that the devil wanted at Job so bad? He 00:35:31.230 --> 00:35:37.769 knew, but he knew Job too. Have you considered 00:35:37.769 --> 00:35:41.139 my servant Job? I have considered him, but if 00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:43.840 you'll take that hedge down, I'll have him cursing 00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:47.900 you before the month's out. Okay, here's the 00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:51.920 line. You leave him alone. His life is mine. 00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:55.480 You do whatever you want to, but you cannot take 00:35:55.480 --> 00:36:00.079 his life. He is mine. So the devil set out to 00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:03.820 do his best. He broke him. He took his family. 00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:06.699 He took everything, but he couldn't take his 00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:09.179 integrity. Are you hearing me this morning? Are 00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:11.699 you listening to me? In his low place when he's 00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:14.840 sitting with broken pot shards and scraping scabs 00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:17.440 and pus running out of sores that's all over 00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:20.000 his body. And his wife sitting across from him 00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:24.079 so broken, so in despair because all of her children 00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:28.420 are now deceased. And she's in agony. And she 00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:31.920 said, Job, are we going to keep doing this? Let's 00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:35.199 just curse God and die. But I love the answer 00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:37.659 of the man of God. I'm telling you, there's a 00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:40.519 word. when there's a man of God that shows up 00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:43.599 on the scene. Job said, I'm not going to curse 00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:46.039 him, honey. Shall we not receive good at the 00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:48.699 hand of God? And shall we not receive the hardships 00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:52.219 of life? Can we not take it both? He's still 00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:54.940 God. And he said as he bowed his face to the 00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:57.719 earth and he began declaring, he said, the Lord 00:36:57.719 --> 00:37:01.960 giveth and the Lord taketh away, but blessed 00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:06.340 be the name of the Lord. And all his dilemma, 00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:09.199 the Bible says, that Job never sinned against 00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:17.760 God with his mouth. Hey, he's the God of the 00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:22.239 low place. Jump ahead just to prove that it's 00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:25.420 temporary, but the time it's all over, said and 00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:29.820 done with, God shows up at the lowest point, 00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:35.199 and he shows up out of a whirlwind. I call it 00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:41.219 a 38 special. Job chapter 38. My Lord. And out 00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:44.239 of the whirlwind. Isn't life a whirlwind sometimes? 00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:46.679 Don't you feel like you're just getting picked 00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:49.579 up and tossed around like a rag doll? Amen. Because 00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:52.139 of the hardships and the valleys and the depressions 00:37:52.139 --> 00:37:55.610 that you have to go through in life. And out 00:37:55.610 --> 00:37:59.150 of all of that, all of his despair, three friends, 00:37:59.289 --> 00:38:01.909 amen, just never found anything good to encourage 00:38:01.909 --> 00:38:04.730 him with. Bless her heart, Sister Jo was in such 00:38:04.730 --> 00:38:08.329 despair, but Job maintained his faith. Amen. 00:38:08.630 --> 00:38:12.289 Oh, it wasn't that he didn't complain. Oh, he 00:38:12.289 --> 00:38:15.519 complained. He said it cursed be the day it was 00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:17.639 announced that a man child was born and mama 00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:21.260 named him Job. That day cursed be that day. He 00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:24.119 said, oh, that I had a pen that I could carve 00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:26.920 and put lead in a stone regretting my birthday. 00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:32.840 Now that's pretty much complaining. Right? God's 00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:34.940 okay with your complaint. Just don't turn it 00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:39.059 into an accusation. Because he's still good. 00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:46.099 Temporary they are. He said, after that you have 00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:47.820 suffered a while. First Peter, back to there. 00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:51.260 Long way around to get back to here. After that 00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:53.900 you have suffered a while, he's going to make 00:38:53.900 --> 00:38:58.039 you perfect. It's going to establish you. It's 00:38:58.039 --> 00:39:00.980 going to strengthen you. These trials are going 00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:04.820 to settle you. And then he says this, to him 00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:11.380 be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 00:39:12.650 --> 00:39:16.050 Can I tell you, every victory that you and I 00:39:16.050 --> 00:39:18.889 win out over the enemy in the valleys of life 00:39:18.889 --> 00:39:23.570 simply magnifies and glorifies God to a greater 00:39:23.570 --> 00:39:26.349 level and a greater degree. When we pick ourselves 00:39:26.349 --> 00:39:29.289 up by the bootstraps, we get our lip rolled up 00:39:29.289 --> 00:39:32.690 off the ground and declare it, the Lord giveth 00:39:32.690 --> 00:39:35.610 and the Lord taketh away, but blessed be the 00:39:35.610 --> 00:39:38.670 name of the Lord. Hallelujah. When we get the 00:39:38.670 --> 00:39:41.289 resolve to know that we are not alone in our 00:39:41.289 --> 00:39:44.090 suffering, the only one. The devil will tell 00:39:44.090 --> 00:39:46.429 you you're the only one that's been where you 00:39:46.429 --> 00:39:50.190 are and he is lying to you because the brethren 00:39:50.190 --> 00:39:53.510 around this world have already accomplished the 00:39:53.510 --> 00:39:56.409 afflictions that you and I are dealing with and 00:39:56.409 --> 00:39:59.690 going. We're not the first nor will we be the 00:39:59.690 --> 00:40:06.570 last as long as the Lord tarries. We're not the 00:40:06.570 --> 00:40:12.659 first and we're not the last. It's proven good 00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:19.119 things happen to bad people, and bad things happen 00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:25.039 to good people. But know this, it changes not 00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:30.579 the faithfulness of God. So many people want 00:40:30.579 --> 00:40:33.039 to know why God permits and allows, and I mentioned 00:40:33.039 --> 00:40:35.420 to you a little bit the other week, why all this 00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:37.639 stuff's going on in the world. It's our fault. 00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:43.880 It's sin. I said, well, God could do something 00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:50.639 about that. He did. He sent Jesus. Oh, you mean 00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:53.059 he should make everybody be good. Oh, he's going 00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:58.800 to. He's going to. Just don't be in a hurry for 00:40:58.800 --> 00:41:06.500 it. Oh, it's going to get better. Amen. Matter 00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:10.199 of fact, let me tell you how sad it is. He's 00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:16.389 going to remove. Everybody that don't. Now, instead 00:41:16.389 --> 00:41:18.710 of that smile I mentioned earlier, our hearts 00:41:18.710 --> 00:41:25.489 should have just shattered. Because that means 00:41:25.489 --> 00:41:27.730 they're going to be moved from the love and the 00:41:27.730 --> 00:41:31.110 joy and the light of God's grace. They're going 00:41:31.110 --> 00:41:34.670 to be cast into outer darkness forever and ever. 00:41:34.750 --> 00:41:37.809 Where the Bible says there's weeping, wailing, 00:41:37.969 --> 00:41:47.190 and gnashing. Where the worm, the flesh eating, 00:41:47.469 --> 00:41:59.030 died not. Forever. And ever. And ever, and ever, 00:41:59.130 --> 00:42:07.070 and ever, and ever. You get the point. So don't 00:42:07.070 --> 00:42:12.989 let despair. Cripple you in your temporary condition. 00:42:15.190 --> 00:42:20.170 Valleys have purpose. Now I come, I don't have 00:42:20.170 --> 00:42:23.909 my clock today. So I'm just going to preach. 00:42:26.469 --> 00:42:33.550 Valleys have purpose. God has a reason for allowing 00:42:33.550 --> 00:42:36.289 and permitting and taking us through the valleys 00:42:36.289 --> 00:42:41.829 of life. We may not understand them even when 00:42:41.829 --> 00:42:46.329 we get through them. We may still have no clue 00:42:46.329 --> 00:42:50.170 as to why we had to go through what we went through. 00:42:51.829 --> 00:42:56.369 But whether you have a valley that's filled with 00:42:56.369 --> 00:43:00.690 doubt, despair, discouragement, defeat, and any 00:43:00.690 --> 00:43:04.070 other this or the that can enter into your life. 00:43:05.260 --> 00:43:08.099 You have to know that God has a purpose for you 00:43:08.099 --> 00:43:15.639 being there. Romans 8, 28 probably defines it 00:43:15.639 --> 00:43:19.440 as well as anything. And we know that all things 00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:25.719 work together for good. To them that are loving 00:43:25.719 --> 00:43:31.800 God and to them who are called according to His 00:43:31.800 --> 00:43:37.940 purpose. It may be that the purpose has nothing 00:43:37.940 --> 00:43:44.960 to do with you or me. The purpose may be someone 00:43:44.960 --> 00:43:53.099 who is watching us. It may be someone else who's 00:43:53.099 --> 00:43:56.039 looking on to your faith that you've been testifying 00:43:56.039 --> 00:44:01.360 of. And God needs to get a word to them. And 00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:07.949 he's going to use you to get it to them. How 00:44:07.949 --> 00:44:09.829 many is going to jump in line first for that? 00:44:11.389 --> 00:44:17.210 Not many of us. Ooh, ooh, ooh. Use me, God. No, 00:44:17.309 --> 00:44:20.369 here, you get in front of me. I'm going to prefer 00:44:20.369 --> 00:44:27.949 my brother and nine sisters. That ain't the line 00:44:27.949 --> 00:44:30.630 we jump in first for. We jump in that bless me 00:44:30.630 --> 00:44:37.659 line. Woo. Put me there up front. Hello. We don't 00:44:37.659 --> 00:44:40.320 get in this purpose line, but there is a purpose 00:44:40.320 --> 00:44:44.119 for every ordeal of our life, and it may have 00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:48.260 nothing to do with us at all. But one thing that 00:44:48.260 --> 00:44:51.059 it has to do with you and I is that as we're 00:44:51.059 --> 00:44:53.079 going through it, if it's for someone else's 00:44:53.079 --> 00:44:56.940 benefit, His grace is to us, not necessarily 00:44:56.940 --> 00:45:00.579 to them. You receive the grace to make it through, 00:45:00.619 --> 00:45:04.539 that His purpose, He being glorified, you being 00:45:04.539 --> 00:45:09.510 lifted. You being equipped, you and I being perfected, 00:45:09.510 --> 00:45:11.769 you and I being strengthened, you and I being 00:45:11.769 --> 00:45:17.730 established, settled, but it may be to their 00:45:17.730 --> 00:45:26.829 deliverance. People are watching our lives. And 00:45:26.829 --> 00:45:34.389 how we deal with the low places testifies to 00:45:34.389 --> 00:45:39.139 them. More than what we say when we're on the 00:45:39.139 --> 00:45:45.460 high places. They don't really watch you too 00:45:45.460 --> 00:45:47.599 closely when things are going real good because 00:45:47.599 --> 00:45:52.840 we kind of get obnoxious. You know, I like everybody 00:45:52.840 --> 00:45:58.960 to know I'm blessed. You know? But they get real 00:45:58.960 --> 00:46:03.940 attentive when the wheels fall off. Let's see 00:46:03.940 --> 00:46:08.059 what they're going to do now. Let's see where 00:46:08.059 --> 00:46:11.480 that joy they come in here every morning to work 00:46:11.480 --> 00:46:16.420 is now. Let's see where that song, are they going 00:46:16.420 --> 00:46:18.920 to sing that lily of the valley again today? 00:46:23.039 --> 00:46:26.199 It's the low places that tell them about God's 00:46:26.199 --> 00:46:30.960 grace. They all have purpose. Wherein you greatly 00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:34.780 rejoice, though now for a season. Temporary, 00:46:34.860 --> 00:46:38.610 somebody say it. Temporary. For a season, if 00:46:38.610 --> 00:46:44.510 need be, you are in heaviness. Through manifold 00:46:44.510 --> 00:46:53.010 temptation. Manifolds more than one. A manifold 00:46:53.010 --> 00:47:01.269 flows many aqueducts into one single aqueduct. 00:47:03.239 --> 00:47:05.900 Your car got a manifold unless you're Brother 00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:09.719 Randy over here. Brother Randy over here. It 00:47:09.719 --> 00:47:11.320 has to do something with the Randy that wants 00:47:11.320 --> 00:47:18.619 to drive a battery around. Double A. But mine's 00:47:18.619 --> 00:47:21.559 got a manifold on it. Mine just so happens to 00:47:21.559 --> 00:47:26.320 be a V8. I got two manifolds on each side that 00:47:26.320 --> 00:47:33.860 funnel four cylinders exhaust out to one. Sometimes 00:47:33.860 --> 00:47:37.019 we got more than one thing going on at a time 00:47:37.019 --> 00:47:42.500 in our life. Sometimes you got more than one 00:47:42.500 --> 00:47:44.840 issue. Sometimes we got more than one problem. 00:47:44.940 --> 00:47:47.619 Sometimes we got more than one dilemma. You go 00:47:47.619 --> 00:47:51.940 over a hill and there's another valley. But if 00:47:51.940 --> 00:47:53.679 need be, we're going to make it through there 00:47:53.679 --> 00:47:56.460 that the trial of our faith being much more precious 00:47:56.460 --> 00:48:07.329 than of gold. What time is it? Huh? Twelve? That 00:48:07.329 --> 00:48:09.590 we might be found under praise and honor and 00:48:09.590 --> 00:48:13.650 glory at the appearing. There's the purpose. 00:48:14.789 --> 00:48:18.909 It shows up again. At the appearing of Jesus 00:48:18.909 --> 00:48:20.690 Christ. You know what, this declares a couple 00:48:20.690 --> 00:48:25.449 of things. Trials come to help shape us. Like 00:48:25.449 --> 00:48:30.630 the fire of a forge. You got to get steel hot 00:48:30.630 --> 00:48:35.250 and pliable before you can shape it. And some 00:48:35.250 --> 00:48:43.780 of us. Pretty stiff. Takes a little more heat. 00:48:49.440 --> 00:48:56.960 Takes a little more heat. I watched that forged 00:48:56.960 --> 00:49:05.230 in fire probably too much. And you can see. Those 00:49:05.230 --> 00:49:10.190 blacksmith's faces, on their anvil, they'll have 00:49:10.190 --> 00:49:15.889 a cloth covering up a piece of steel. And I've 00:49:15.889 --> 00:49:18.329 learned some of the ones that they do not want 00:49:18.329 --> 00:49:23.309 to fool with. When they pull that cloth off, 00:49:23.429 --> 00:49:31.889 and there's this two -inch W2 ball bearing, their 00:49:31.889 --> 00:49:38.349 faces just melt. Because they know it's going 00:49:38.349 --> 00:49:41.590 to take twice as much heat. It's going to have 00:49:41.590 --> 00:49:46.050 to stay in that forge at least two times longer 00:49:46.050 --> 00:49:51.690 than spring steel. A leaf spring out from under 00:49:51.690 --> 00:49:58.010 your car. And they just melt. But their steel 00:49:58.010 --> 00:50:01.929 doesn't. Because they know it has to get really, 00:50:02.050 --> 00:50:06.250 really hot. before they can ever begin to shape 00:50:06.250 --> 00:50:09.610 it. That's you and I, some of us. Sometimes it 00:50:09.610 --> 00:50:14.650 takes some intense heat in order for God to get 00:50:14.650 --> 00:50:18.690 the shape in us that he wants to get. But if 00:50:18.690 --> 00:50:26.170 we'll not bail out, he'll shape us. Amen? I'm 00:50:26.170 --> 00:50:27.949 trying to get there. I'm trying to get to this 00:50:27.949 --> 00:50:35.960 page. Understand the enemy's endeavor is to intimidate 00:50:35.960 --> 00:50:42.480 in the valleys. I'm not going to go over them, 00:50:42.500 --> 00:50:43.960 but there's at least seven different valleys 00:50:43.960 --> 00:50:46.880 mentioned throughout Scripture. And the valley 00:50:46.880 --> 00:50:49.900 of Elah is one of them. It's the valley where 00:50:49.900 --> 00:50:55.920 fierce battles take place. It's where you meet 00:50:55.920 --> 00:51:00.599 the giant of your life. It's where Goliath, your 00:51:00.599 --> 00:51:09.690 Goliath. David met him there in the valley of 00:51:09.690 --> 00:51:17.469 Elah. But he didn't just begrudgingly go into 00:51:17.469 --> 00:51:23.989 the valley. Did he? If you read the story of 00:51:23.989 --> 00:51:27.510 David and Goliath, you'll see that he hastened. 00:51:29.269 --> 00:51:36.199 What's that mean? He ran. He ran to meet his 00:51:36.199 --> 00:51:45.500 enemy, his Goliath, the giant of his life. He 00:51:45.500 --> 00:51:50.039 ran to meet him head on. And as the enemy was 00:51:50.039 --> 00:51:54.980 intimidating all the way down, you're just a 00:51:54.980 --> 00:51:57.219 dog. They've sent me a dog. You've sent me a 00:51:57.219 --> 00:52:00.219 boy. Who do you think I am? I'm the champion 00:52:00.219 --> 00:52:05.760 of Philistia. And you send this. Boy, I'm going 00:52:05.760 --> 00:52:10.639 to feed you. Before this day is over, the dogs 00:52:10.639 --> 00:52:12.500 and the buzzards are going to pick your bones. 00:52:12.800 --> 00:52:16.980 Come on, if you want some of this. David getting 00:52:16.980 --> 00:52:21.059 madder by the minute. Because it was that giant 00:52:21.059 --> 00:52:27.679 that was defying his God. Amen. He knew who Jehovah 00:52:27.679 --> 00:52:32.219 was. He knows what the anointing is on his life. 00:52:32.400 --> 00:52:35.639 And it just causes something to stir up in him. 00:52:35.760 --> 00:52:38.360 And he started running. He said, no, it's going 00:52:38.360 --> 00:52:40.980 to be you today. I'm taking your head today. 00:52:41.559 --> 00:52:44.340 You don't even have a sword. I'm going to use 00:52:44.340 --> 00:52:51.059 yours. I got all I need. I've got the anointing 00:52:51.059 --> 00:52:54.789 that rests upon my life. I've got what I've proven 00:52:54.789 --> 00:52:58.150 up to this day. I've taken the bear. I've taken 00:52:58.150 --> 00:53:00.730 the lion and any and every other thing that threatened, 00:53:00.989 --> 00:53:03.409 and you're going to be no different today because 00:53:03.409 --> 00:53:08.590 the battle is not mine. The battle is the Lord's, 00:53:08.650 --> 00:53:11.269 and he's going to give me the victory because 00:53:11.269 --> 00:53:14.670 it belongs to him. I'm just coming to collect. 00:53:15.030 --> 00:53:18.610 I'm just coming to collect. Somebody needs to 00:53:18.610 --> 00:53:21.429 get enough audacity and get ready to go collect. 00:53:32.909 --> 00:53:34.429 The intimidation works in a couple different 00:53:34.429 --> 00:53:38.750 factors. One, he'll tell you, you can't. Secondly, 00:53:38.750 --> 00:53:42.429 he'll tell you, God won't. And thirdly, he'll 00:53:42.429 --> 00:53:51.210 say, God don't. You can't do it. God won't do 00:53:51.210 --> 00:53:59.030 it. And he can't do it. Now, that's all he's 00:53:59.030 --> 00:54:08.349 got. He can't do anything about whether God will 00:54:08.349 --> 00:54:12.269 or whether God won't. He just says God won't, 00:54:12.269 --> 00:54:16.889 don't, and you can't. And what does he know? 00:54:19.750 --> 00:54:35.210 Stand to your feet. I'm going to quit. The devil 00:54:35.210 --> 00:54:36.610 will try to tell you you can't get out of your 00:54:36.610 --> 00:54:40.489 valley. He'll try to tell you you're never getting 00:54:40.489 --> 00:54:44.929 out. He's going to try to tell you that God doesn't 00:54:44.929 --> 00:54:51.750 care because you're there. But I'm here to tell 00:54:51.750 --> 00:55:00.300 you he's the God of the low places. If I would 00:55:00.300 --> 00:55:01.739 have kept preaching, I would have got to the 00:55:01.739 --> 00:55:03.500 point where I would have finally got around to 00:55:03.500 --> 00:55:07.699 telling you the rest of the story. About the 00:55:07.699 --> 00:55:21.460 Syrians. When a man of God showed up. And began 00:55:21.460 --> 00:55:28.360 to prophesy. Hey look. They made God mad. Thus. 00:55:28.860 --> 00:55:33.039 When the man showed up and said, thus saith the 00:55:33.039 --> 00:55:39.400 Lord, it's done. Because they said he was only 00:55:39.400 --> 00:55:43.159 the God of the hills. And that was the only reason 00:55:43.159 --> 00:55:47.840 that we won. He's going to give you a great victory. 00:55:50.900 --> 00:55:55.059 And he's going to show them that he's God in 00:55:55.059 --> 00:55:59.170 the low places too. It's a beautiful story. Go 00:55:59.170 --> 00:56:07.230 read the rest of it. They encamped. They went 00:56:07.230 --> 00:56:12.610 down to the valley where they wanted to fight. 00:56:14.130 --> 00:56:16.510 Scripture says that they were in two camps, the 00:56:16.510 --> 00:56:18.949 children of Israel in two camps, and they looked 00:56:18.949 --> 00:56:24.670 like a herd of kids, which are baby goats. And 00:56:24.670 --> 00:56:31.760 the Syrians. We're a multitude. But God showed 00:56:31.760 --> 00:56:35.679 up and in one day they took out a hundred and 00:56:35.679 --> 00:56:40.940 something thousand. Then the bunch that left 00:56:40.940 --> 00:56:43.059 and ran off into the city ran up against the 00:56:43.059 --> 00:56:51.539 wall and the wall fell on 27 ,000 of them. When 00:56:51.539 --> 00:56:56.510 the word of the Lord shows up. It doesn't matter 00:56:56.510 --> 00:57:00.170 about your valley. Because he's going to come 00:57:00.170 --> 00:57:02.110 in the valley where you're at to let you know, 00:57:02.150 --> 00:57:09.190 I'm God down here too. When the enemy says you're 00:57:09.190 --> 00:57:10.789 not going to be blessed, when the enemy says 00:57:10.789 --> 00:57:12.230 you're not going to grow old, when the enemy 00:57:12.230 --> 00:57:15.210 says you're not going to make it, when he looks 00:57:15.210 --> 00:57:16.949 and tries to speak against the church and says, 00:57:17.030 --> 00:57:24.860 you'll never have revival. The word of the Lord 00:57:24.860 --> 00:57:27.420 says, I'll give unto you the keys to the kingdom 00:57:27.420 --> 00:57:31.019 of heaven. That's what the word says. And whatsoever 00:57:31.019 --> 00:57:36.239 you bind on earth. Man, I was using this one 00:57:36.239 --> 00:57:38.880 last night. Be bound in heaven. Whatsoever you 00:57:38.880 --> 00:57:51.320 loose, it's going to be loosed. Amen? It's going 00:57:51.320 --> 00:58:04.820 to be set free. God's on your side. It declares 00:58:04.820 --> 00:58:10.320 it over our lives. His word proclaims to us, 00:58:10.420 --> 00:58:20.039 upon this rock, I'll build my church. And the 00:58:20.039 --> 00:58:33.119 gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I 00:58:33.119 --> 00:58:36.860 don't know if you get the full grasp of it or 00:58:36.860 --> 00:58:42.800 not, but you and I are lively stones which build 00:58:42.800 --> 00:58:51.059 up a spiritual house. That's us. You and I, we're 00:58:51.059 --> 00:58:56.579 the church. Not this building, not any other 00:58:56.579 --> 00:59:01.539 building in this city, town. No other building. 00:59:01.599 --> 00:59:11.119 You and I. And the gates of hell shall not prevail 00:59:11.119 --> 00:59:18.539 against it. I will build my church. He's building 00:59:18.539 --> 00:59:26.079 on you and I. He's building on us. He's the God 00:59:26.079 --> 00:59:29.239 of your low place. Father, I love you this morning. 00:59:32.139 --> 00:59:34.360 I thank you so much for your goodness and grace. 00:59:37.900 --> 00:59:40.219 I thank you so much for your anointing and helping 00:59:40.219 --> 00:59:43.539 me preach this morning for I sure have felt you 00:59:43.539 --> 00:59:52.980 and your anointing. So God, I ask now over the 00:59:52.980 --> 01:00:03.050 household of faith. That you empower your people. 01:00:08.829 --> 01:00:11.289 And remind us that you're God in the low place. 01:00:13.670 --> 01:00:15.730 Quickly this morning, if you're in a low place 01:00:15.730 --> 01:00:18.730 and you've been reminded this morning, I want 01:00:18.730 --> 01:00:20.269 to pray over you. I want you to just come down 01:00:20.269 --> 01:00:22.630 to the front real quick. You're in a low place 01:00:22.630 --> 01:00:27.210 in life. You're in a valley. He's God of the 01:00:27.210 --> 01:00:35.300 low places. Come on. Doubt, despair, discouraged. 01:00:38.380 --> 01:00:43.940 He's still God. He wants you to know this morning 01:00:43.940 --> 01:00:46.760 that in your low place, he's going to show up.