Valleys, like we already talked about wildernesses, are not places to be dreaded. It is all about our perspective. It depends on how you view them. If you view them through the eyes of the flesh, if you view them through your emotions, if you view them on a natural plain they will be feared, dreaded and ran from.
No one wants to go into a "valley", but they are needful. Everyone wants to stay on the "mountain top". We can't. In the natural if you climb a mountain, once you reach a point it is what is called the timberline. Above that spot nothing grows. It is barren. In the spiritual sense the same is true. Mountain top experiences are good from time to time-- they help us get a breath of fresh air, they let us see from another viewpoint and they give us a temporary boost of the feeling of enthusiasm and victory. But you can't stay there.
On the other hand, the valley is a place of life. It is where things grow. It is where there are green pastures. It is where the still waters are. This is the place where we find the Shepherd.
If you are in a valley today, don't dread it, don't complain about it, don't get discouraged about it, look at it from God's perspective and see it as the place of life and growth that it really is.
Have a great day. The valley is a place of life, so don't dread it.
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Coffee Break is a morning devotional written by Lorraine Ezell
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