I felt that I had to share THIS from Jerry Savelle's devotional for today. SOMEONE really needs to see this clearly!
Just Passing Through
Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is he man whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. Passing through the Valley of [Baca] … (Psalm 84:5-6 AMP)
Psalm 84 talks of a place called the Valley of Baca. The Hebrew meaning of the word baca is “weeping, tears, or misery”—something we can all identify with. While times of sorrow are a certainty in life, the Valley of Baca is not a place where we are to linger. It is not a place where we should establish residence. It is a place that we are to pass through.
I don’t know what you may be going through today; I don’t know the difficult place you may be in. But whatever it is, you don’t have to stay there. You can choose to pass through your valley. Verse 7 of this Psalm 84 goes on to say of those who pass through, “They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power].”
Any time I find myself in the Valley of Baca, I purpose to keep my eyes on Jesus and stand firm on the Word of God. I can do this because I know I’m only passing through. I know that when I get to the other side, I’m going to increase in victorious power. Anything Satan may be trying to do to me is only going to add to my glorious testimony—glory to God!
Confession: I am strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. I fix my eyes on Jesus as I stand on the Word of God, knowing that I go from strength to strength, increasing in victorious power.
AMEN! I keep this in mind whenever I confess Psalm 23 over my life and that of my family and loved ones. Verse 4 is what I am specifically referring to:4 Yes, though I walk through the [deep, sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I will fear or dread no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort me. AMP
Notice that we are NOT supposed to settle down and LIVE in this valley, but to walk on through it! Whatever circumstance or situation you are presently facing, HE has made a way for you THROUGH it to the other side! The place of VICTORY! AMEN! Never settle for an evil report. Never give up before you have the answer! Never quit before you reach the finish line! GOD is, and always has been, the God of VICTORY! So let's GO FOR IT! And then give HIM all the GLORY! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Desert Song":
Shalom in Him!
