Chapter Nine
Refreshing Lemonade
(Part 1 of Three)
Psalms 84: 6b. “…They make it a spring; the rain also covers it with pools.”
More Than Conquerors
When walking through our “Valley of Baca”, time spent there often seems an eternity. Whether we find our selves in “Baca” because of our enemy, because of personal choices, or through no fault of our own, our length of stay in this wilderness valley is extended of our own choice, or focus; we tend to focus on the problem rather than the solution. In any case, the human tendency is to murmur and complain rather than accept the trial as a new challenge, and fight to gain strength from it.
I’ve heard it said, “When life deals a lemon, make lemonade”. When we are dealt a lemon in life, the challenge is to make a big pitcher of lemonade and, in the Lord’s strength, throw a party. Then, it will be for us as David said in Psalms 23: 5, “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies”—an oasis in the desert, a mountaintop within the valley.
When we walk through the valleys of life in our own strength, the challenges before us seem as mountains of themselves. Yet, when traversing these valleys in the strength of our mighty God, these challenges become mere foothills. With ease, we can step over these bumps in our road because we understand the words of Paul to the Romans in 8: 37, “Yet in all things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.”
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