I was riding to work, listening to Needtobreathe and this line in the song struck me.
I will stand alone in the valley of tomorrow
It made me think about the valleys in my life. We strive for those mountaintop experiences, where we meet God face to face. We remember how we were on cloud nine when we came back from that retreat, conference, or concert. These moments when we feel God so close. When we hear his voice speak deep into our soul. When we float on our cloud for a couple days after.
But then life happens. Life gets in and messes around and confuses us. We get bombarded with things, issues that we didn’t think we would have to deal with. We get frustrated and want that experience back. For once in our lives we had clarity and it was hard to ignore. For a brief moment we saw what we were meant to do with our life. Then we begin to doubt ourselves. Did I really experience this? We want it back again. Like a drug we are addicted to that feeling. We want to feel more. We want that burning bush talking back to us. But the life we had before is waiting for us. We think God has left us.
God doesn’t leave us. he rejoices with us in the mountain top..but he is also in the valleys. He is helping you navigate your way around. Are you listening? am I? The way we make our way to the summit is to circumvent our way through the obstacles in our lives. There is a lot of work to be done in the valleys. This is where others see the hard work manifest in us; where we learn and teach other’s.
My life has been full of valleys. While I cherish the mountain top experiences, I know that the view would not be the same if I had not climbed up the mountain. I would not have learned what I needed to take me to the next mountain and the next mountain.
Joyce Meyer teaches that when you get to the mountain top, what do you see? Hardly any trees, wild life , or vegetation. You see the next mountain. How do you get to that next mountain? You have to go back through the valley.
Through the valley of tomorrow.
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