Mountain of God

"Mountain Of God"
Thought that I was all alone
Broken and afraid
But You were there with me
Yes, You were there with me

And I didn't even know
That I had lost my way
But You were there with me
Yes, You were there with me

'Til You opened up my eyes
I never knew
That I couldn't ever make it
Without You

Even though the journey's long
And I know the road is hard
Well, the One who's gone before me
He will help me carry on
After all that I've been through
Now I realize the truth
That I must go through the valley
To stand upon the mountain of God

As I travel on the road
That You have lead me down
You are here with me
Yes, You are here with me
I have need for nothing more
Oh, now that I have found
That You are here with me
Yes, You are here with me

I confess from time to time
I lose my way
But You are always there
To bring me back again

Sometimes I think of where it is
I've come from
And the things I've left behind
But of all I've had, what I possessed
Nothing can quite compare
With what's in front of me
With what's in front of me

Psalm 23:4 "Even when I walk through the dark valley of death, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me."

Lately I've been so wrapped up in problems. I can't even describe to you the degree of how discouraged and upset I've been the last few weeks. Everywhere I turn I find a problem with my dad, my mom, my little sister, school, college, church, jobs, money, friends, SYATP, health, and various other things that I don't even want to mention. I feel like Psalm 25:17, "My problems go from bad to worse. Oh save me from them all!" I know that when the time is right, God will rescue me from it all.

Something that I learned about a year ago was that we don't stand around consumed in our problems. You don't stand in the valley of death, you walk out of it. When I'm upset and discouraged, I can't just stand there expecting things to get better! I have to tackle them and make sure that I hurry up and get my butt out of that stupid valley. I can pray to God for guidance and help, or read the Bible, worship God through songs, etc.

One thing that the song, Mountain of God, has helped me to realize is that "I must go through the valley to stand upon the Mountain of God." I can't just be like, "Umm... nope. Sorry God! I give up following you. I think I'm going to just sit here in this valley, give into Satan, and... you know... not believe that you can help me out while I'm going through all of these hard times. " That's not how it works! It says in the Bible in 1 Corinthians 10:13 that God will never give us more than we can handle! So, Good news! God will always deliver us from our problems and make you stronger than you were before.

So when we're going through the valleys in our lives, and we're having a hard time making it over, we can remember that we can make it through because God has given us the strength to make it through. Some valleys are longer than others, but we can make it through.