{"id":278674,"date":"2025-06-07T05:44:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T05:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/uncategorized\/finding-true-life-in-the-valley-of-the-shadow-of-death\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T05:44:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T05:44:40","slug":"finding-true-life-in-the-valley-of-the-shadow-of-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=278674","title":{"rendered":"Finding True Life in the Valley of the Shadow of Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"share_code\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<span class=\"fb_like\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com\/finding-true-life-in-the-valley-of-the-shadow-of-death\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=300&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=35\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:300px; height:35px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<\/span>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<span class=\"tw_share\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\">Tweet<\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<\/span>&#13;\n\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"drop_cap\">D<\/span>avid declares that we can walk through all valleys, including death, in confidence. Jesus promises that He has overcome the tribulations that we face in this world. God\u2019s Spirit provides these victories.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Walking With God<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Fear-of-Death.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2768 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Fear-of-Death-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fear of Death\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Scripture reveals God\u2019s design for us is to be anchored in a personal and empowered walk with Him. In Psalm 23; 4, David shares,<span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong> \u201cEven though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.\u201d<\/strong><\/span> Whether we have long walked in a trusting, personal relationship with Him or have recently embraced Him, we may fully trust Him, especially through times of darkness, anguish, and even walking the doorways of death. In Deuteronomy 31:6, the Lord exhorts us to, <span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u201cBe strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3IUupg6\">&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sermons-com-25off.png\" \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Lord never leaves us. He guides, comforts, and often carries us when we can no longer stand. He is there, even when we are blind to His presence. A drawing illustrates an elderly couple riding in a bench-seat Model T. Way over at the window, the wife says,<em> \u201cWhat happened to us, we used to snuggle all the time?\u201d<\/em> The husband answers, <em>\u201cI haven\u2019t moved.\u201d<\/em> So it is with us and the Lord God. Whether we have rejected Him or simply lost sight of Him, He is there beckoning us to walk with Him in love and victory.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Forged in the Deepest Valleys<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this fallen world, all face deep valleys of heartbreak, loneliness, and even times of seemingly being deserted by the Lord. Jesus encourages us in John 16:33, <span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u201cI have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.\u201d<\/strong> <\/span>He does not promise bliss and worldly victories. Instead He prepares us to face tribulation, rejection, and persecution. In 2 Timothy 3:12, Paul teaches, <span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u201cIndeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/anger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-27786 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/anger-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sermonshots.com\/2-free-sermon-clips\">&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-free-clips-1.jpg\" \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One challenging valley is persecution. True Israelites, God\u2019s chosen people, have experienced millennia of devastatingly evil persecution that continues today. In many countries, Christians who truly live for Christ have long faced great persecution. Scripture promises increasing persecution for Jews and Christians. Across time, many in both Faiths have turned their backs to Yahweh \u2013 some saying He has abandoned them. Psalms 94:14 says, <span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>\u201cFor the Lord will not forsake His people; he will not abandon his heritage.\u201d<\/strong><\/span> Each of us is accountable for living according to the revelation His Spirit has given us. We must choose between Him and total loss. Will we give Him our all, in obedience to His revealed word, being under the control of His Spirit? Will we turn our backs? Do we mistakenly hope in heritage or church membership? Where do we turn in the valleys and shadows of death?<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Our Choices<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Depression.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5244 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Depression-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Depression\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Choices range from self-pity, rejection of God, denial, and anger, to embracing the Lord God of Scripture. Every walk includes tears, deep grieving, and heartfelt, often unanswerable questions we address to our Father God. Sometimes our best effort is placing one step before the other in faith, as He guides and comforts. Consider the following examples and listen for the Spirit\u2019s personal message.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Facing Cancer in Mid-life<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An incredible Jewish couple is walking through a brutal eighteen-month journey against cancer. Initial reports advised it was benign. Unbelievably, they were soon confronted with the news that the husband, whom wife Beth lovingly calls \u201cmy Joe\u201d, had a virulent malignancy. Together they have faced turbulence that would break many. These \u201cvalleys\u201d included months of challenging treatments and extended hospitalizations, repeatedly broken hopes, deadly infections, and often horrifying emotional and physical pain. Even so, they constantly walk in hope, prayer, and their deep love for each other. Denying neither the suffering, sorrow, nor pain, they focus on life. \u201cMy Joe\u201d has beaten all the odds as together they have hit personal milestones and are now utilizing trial procedures to \u201cextend their quality time together.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>The following are shared from Beth\u2019s heart in recent communications.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Nursing-Home-Ministry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4991 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Nursing-Home-Ministry-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Pure Religion\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cMy Joe\u2019s last scan was terrible. He only got a few weeks past the last round of chemo and cancer came back, growing and spreading \u2026now started a clinical trial immunotherapy. \u2026 the doc believes this is best chance at some more time together \u2026 This is what my Joe is up to. It is dire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thank God, he is home with me and such a champion, he takes everything they give him and then takes some more. This drug is risky with serious, severe side effects \u2026 He is taking it easy, knowing his body is hosting a war inside and he needs to rest. Trying to eat well. Doing his exercises. Keeping up with friends. Loving me and the dogs. We are living the best we can each day. That is all there is.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2026 We\u2019ve been blessed with 26 happy years of a wonderful life. We aren\u2019t ready to be done yet.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I take joy in nature and all the small blessings that are free every day. God gives us so many gifts, if only we choose to notice and appreciate them. I am grateful for every sunrise and sunset, the trees, flowers, fresh air, blue skies. Starting with this baseline, there is so much to be thankful for. It helps to balance the frustration and sadness.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>A Lifetime Un-Yielded to Disabilities<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Bible-Verses-For-Grief.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4300 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Bible-Verses-For-Grief-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Bible Verses For Grief\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We have long known an incredible Christian woman who was born with cerebral palsy. She faces significant cognitive and physical disabilities and the heartbreaking hardships, ridicule, isolation, and limitations that accompany her disabilities. She has never surrendered to bitterness or defeat and is a fighter. She walks with Christ to accomplish more in Him than the medical profession ever envisioned. Although never downplaying the extensive hurt, disappointment, and occasional anger, she focuses on the Lord and life in Him. Dreams are never cast aside, though modifications are accepted. She loves the Lord, life, people, and walking with Him as He leads, sometimes carrying her through hardships. She embraces every wonder of His creation with unbounded joy. Generous to a fault, she supports all who touch her heart, especially orphans she has \u201cadopted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When others ask to pray for her, she often states, <em>\u201cThere are so many that are worse off than I am, let\u2019s pray instead for their needs.\u201d<\/em> Songs of joy and praises to her Lord accompany her everywhere, even during her most personal disappointments. She recently elected to stay in a hurtful environment because she knew God instructed her to \u201cstay and love them.\u201d Her challenging life is truly lived in the reality of depending on and fully experiencing light and life in Christ.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Kingdom Victories<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Consider how Scripture defines victorious living differently than the secular world and worldly Christians.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/10-Inspirational-Bible-Chapters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-13621 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/10-Inspirational-Bible-Chapters-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Bible Chapters Inspirational\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As 2 Corinthians 1: 4-6 shares,<span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong> \u201c(God) who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction \u2026 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation \u2026 if we are comforted it is for your comfort \u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/span> God\u2019s Spirit is to touch everyone through us according to all He permits in our unique journeys.<\/p>\n<p>In 2 Corinthians 1: 8, 9, Paul shares,<span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong> \u201cwe were so utterly burdened beyond our strength, that we despaired of life itself \u2026 we felt that we had received the sentence of death in ourselves. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God.\u201d<\/strong> <\/span>Only as we walk through the deepest valleys do we truly learn to depend on living in God\u2019s strength in place of our futile efforts. Just as steel and diamonds are forged through refinement, so are we.<\/p>\n<p>Consider Stephen, who in Acts 6:8 was,<span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong> \u201cfull of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.\u201d<\/strong><\/span> God used Stephen for a short while to strengthen the growing church. Accordingly, he was singled out by authorities and ultimately stoned. He died in victory, both seeing the glory of God and forgiving his executioners.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">God designed your unique journey for thriving in Him. His light and life are to radiate through you for His glory and His purposes, as He touches others through you. How is He forging your identity and calling you to step forward in the fullness of the life He designed? What choices are you making?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Curt-Martin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-29692 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Curt-Martin-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a>Author\u2019s Bio:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/curtpmartin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curt Martin<\/a> is an author, speaker, seminar leader, and organization consultant. God has filled him with the passion to see every individual and organization become the unique and incredible masterpiece God designed. Little touches Him more than helping awaken all God placed within you, so you thrive in His freedom, purpose, and power as you learn to walk in God\u2019s Spirit. Only those who commit to this journey experience the fullness of living God\u2019s victorious life. Articles include excerpts from his award winning book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Whose-Life-Are-You-Living-ebook\/dp\/B0CL1CPB56?ref_=ast_author_dp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cWhose Life Are You Living.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Here is some related reading for you:<\/span> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com\/why-affliction-and-suffering-are-part-of-gods-plan\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Why Affliction and Suffering Are Part of God\u2019s Plan<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Resource \u2013 Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> (ESV<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>), Crossway Bibles. (2007). ESV: Study Bible: English standard version. Wheaton, Ill: Crossway Bibles. Used by permission. 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