GOD IS CONSTANT; THE PAST, THE PRESENT, THE FUTURE, THEY ALL MEET IN OUR GOD

GOD IS CONSTANT; THE PAST, THE PRESENT, THE FUTURE, THEY ALL MEET IN OUR GOD

GOD DOES NOT CHANGE; WHATEVER HE HAD DONE BEFORE, HE CAN DO IT AGAIN

EVERY ONE TRUSTING GOD FOR AN OPENING, GOD WILL MAKE A WAY FOR YOU TODAY!

IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF IN A LOW SITUATION, WHERE IT DOESN’T APPEAR AS IF GOD IS NEAR, WHEN THE ENEMY SEEMS TO BE THE ONE WHO IS CALLING THE SHOTS, JUST REMEMBER THE GOD ON THE MOUNTAIN IS THE GOD IN THE VALLEY

GOD IS ASKING ME TO ASSURE YOU TODAY, “THE GOD ON THE MOUNTAIN IS THE GOD IN THE VALLEY.”

GOD IS CONSTANT IN SPACE; THE SAME GOD ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP IS THE SAME GOD IN THE VALLEY BELOW

HE IS THE GOD ON THE HILL – WHEN EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE. HE IS GOD IN THE VALLEY – WHEN THINGS ARE NOT SO BEAUTIFUL

THE INFLUENCE OF THE MOST HIGH GOD LINKS THE HILLTOP AND THE VALLEY BELOW. HE CONTROLS EVERY SITUATION

-Pastor E. A. Adeboye on GOING HIGHER (Part 71)
Redeemed Christian Church of God Special Sunday Service.

Our father and our God we worship you, because there is none as holy as our God. Thank you because your holiness guarantees your faithfulness; it guarantees that all your promises are yea and Amen; it guarantees that by your grace, our tomorrow will be alright. Church Gist. Please accept our thanks in Jesus’ name. Lord even as your children gather together again to worship you, we pray that you will send forth your Word and your Word will bring us healings and deliverance in Jesus’ mighty name we have prayed.

As we continue with our series, and we go on to “GOING HIGHER (Part 71).” And we will be looking at 1 Kings 20:26-29. 1 Kings 20 is an extremely beautiful piece of Scripture. Yes, the name of Elijah is not mentioned here but we can’t just allow this particular Chapter go untouched. Church Gist. The story tells us about war between the King of Syria and the King of Israel. They fought the year before, and the children of Israel defeated the children of Syria. And then the advisers of the King of Syria said to him, “Sir, the reason we lost the battle is because we fought this people on a mountain top. Their gods are gods of the mountain and not gods of the valley. So next time we fight them, let’s fight them in the valley. We will defeat them then.” Church Gist. And God heard them and sent a man of God, one of those 7,000 that God has preserved to go and tell the King of Israel, “these people said I am a God of the hills, I am not God of the valley, I will show them.” We will fight them in the valley and I will hand over their entire army to you.

The Bible described for us graphically, the kind of opposition that came against the King of Israel (verse 27 and 29). So what we want to discuss briefly today is that, “Our God is God of the hills, as well as the god of the valley.” We know already that God is constant. Church Gist. Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8; Revelation 1:8. We know that the past, the present, the future, they all meet in our God. We know He does not change. We know that whatever He had done before, He can do it again. For example, we know that He can make a way where there is no way because in Exodus 14:21-28, He made a way where there had been no way before. And then when we got to Joshua 3:15-17, He made a way in River Jordan – clave River Jordan into two. And He repeated the same feat again in 2 Kings 2:6-8. Church Gist. Again, He opened the Jordan for Elijah and Elisha to pass through. And the same day, He repeated the same miracle in 2 Kings 2:13-14. This time, He opened the Jordan to Elisha alone because Elijah had then been taken off to Heaven.

We know that God is constant, time wise; that whatever He had done before, He can do again.

• And I am praying for every one of you trusting God for an opening, God will make a way for you today!

In 2 Kings 4:42-44, the Bible tells us that somebody brought a little bit of food to Elisha. And he told his servant to present the food to his people so they could eat. And the servant said to him “Sir, this little food? For an hundred people?” Church Gist. And the man of God said, “Give it to them, they will eat, they will be full, and there will be left over.” And that’s exactly what happened. That was in the Old Testament.

In the New Testament, in John 6:5-13, we found that with 5 loaves of bread, and 2 fishes, the same Almighty God repeated that miracle. He multiplied the bread, multiplied the fish, thousands ate, and they still had 12 baskets left over. Church Gist. He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. He can turn something little to something big. He can provide miraculously. He’s done it before, He can do it again.

• And for those of you who are facing scarcity right now, I am decreeing in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, that your little will soon become more than enough.

But more importantly, is that He’s not only constant in time, He’s constant in space. He’s constant on the mountain top, He’s constant in the valley. Church Gist. The same God on the mountain top is the same God in the valley below. So it doesn’t matter where you are, God is constant.

In Genesis 39:1-6, the Bible tells us that in Potiphar’s house, (Potiphar was a great man; a great officer of Pharoah. So I can imagine that his house was a mansion.) God was there with Joseph. When Joseph was prospering and he was heading the entire establishment of Potiphar, it was God. When Joseph landed in prison, Genesis 39:21-23, God was still with Joseph. He is the God on the hill – when everything is going fine. He is God in the valley – when things are not so beautiful.

On Mount Carmel, in 1 Kings 18:36-46, God was God. When Elijah prayed and fire fell, when he prayed and rain fell; when he ran a race and he outran the chariot of the King, it was God. When he got to the valley below, in Jezreel in 1 Kings 19:1-8, God was still God. Church Gist. When the enemy was roaring say, “By tomorrow, you will be dead.” Elijah was so low; he was considering suicide. God was still there; ready to feed him, to encourage him, to get him going again.

It doesn’t matter where you are now. Are you on the mountain top? Are you praying and God is answering by fire? Are you getting results just as soon as you make the request? Don’t forget: if you ever find yourself in a low situation, where it doesn’t appear as if God is near, when the enemy seems to be the one who is calling the shots, just remember the God on the mountain is the God in the valley. Church Gist. In Matthew 17:1-9, On the mountain of transfiguration, when the Almighty was transformed before Peter, James and John, and His glory was dazzling, everything was so beautiful that Peter said, “Oh, I wish we will just stay here.” It was God. Church Gist. When they got down to the valley below in the same Matthew 17:14-18, and they found that the other disciples left behind they were struggling with a demon. Trying to cast him out and nothing was happening, God still showed up.

Many at times when we come to a convention or a congress, and everybody is around and miracles are happening, and we are hearing beautiful testimonies, we feel high. When the convention or congress is over and we pack home, occasionally we find ourselves facing some problems. Church Gist. And we begin to wonder, “Is the God on the mountain still the God in the valley?” I believe God is asking me to assure you today, “The God on the mountain is the God in the valley.”

I want you to know that wherever you are when the glory is shining and everything is beautiful, and you are shouting halleluyah, and you are praising God, if at any time you find yourself in a situation completely different from the one you knew before, just remember: God is still there. Church Gist. The God of the mountain is the God of the valley. The influence of the Most High God links the hilltop and the valley below. He controls every situation. He is everywhere at all times.

In Exodus 17:8-13, when the Amalekites came to attack the children of Israel, and Moses went to the mountain top, took Aaron and Hur with him. And Joshua was in the valley below, fighting. As long as Moses was raising his hands to the God of the Heaven, victory was being rocked downstairs. Church Gist. When you have a battle to fight, when it looks as if you don’t even know how you can ever overcome, it will be a good idea to go to the hilltop and cry to the God of the hills; He will give you results in the valley below. The Bible tells us that He is seated in the Heavens, and from there He is controlling the Earth. Isaiah 66:1, that tells us that the God we are serving is so big that while He may be seated in the Heaven, His legs are firmly planted on the Earth. Church Gist. From where He is in Heaven, He is controlling whatever is going on here on Earth. Remember Philippians 2:9-11, assures us that at the name of Jesus Christ, every knee should bow. Not only in Heaven, but right here on Earth.

Oh yes, Jesus is seated in the heavenly places according to Ephesians 1:17-23, but He is controlling what is going on here. As a matter of fact, when He says at His name all knees should bow, it is not so much about those in Heaven. Nobody disobeys Him in Heaven; the devil has been driven out. Church Gist. What He is trying to get you to understand is that, every knee here on Earth must bow to the one who is seated in Heavenly places. And that His influence is all compassing: from Heaven to the Earth, even underneath the Earth.

As you are growing higher in the Lord, you need to get one thing absolutely clear: between every hill, there is usually a valley. And to go from one hilltop to another, you may need to pass through a valley. Elijah was on Mount Carmel in 1 Kings 18, and then in 1 Kings 19 he was in Jezreel – in the valley below. Church Gist. But by the time you read 1 Kings 19:8-18, He was again on another mountain – the mountain of Horeb, called the mountain of God. on Mount Carmel, he was there to demonstrate the power of God. In Jezreel, he came face to face with the representative of the devil. But by the end of the story, he was on Mount Horeb – the very mountain of God Himself.

You must note that as you pass you through this journey on your way to Heaven, there will be times on the Mountain, there could be times in the valley, but the same God who was with you on that mountain will be with you in the valley and then take you to even a higher mountain still. You know very well that in Matthew 16:13-19, Jesus Christ said to Peter when he made a great statement. Church Gist. He said, “Ah! You are blessed; flesh and blood has not revealed this to you. You are well done, you are in contact with God.” But then you know very well it wasn’t too long after that that Peter had to go out and weep bitterly when He found himself in a great valley (Matthew 26:69-75). But it wasn’t too long after that that Peter was preaching a single sermon that won 3,000 souls on the day of Pentecost.

I am here to encourage you today, wherever you are, God is there. if you are going through a night season, just remember: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. The God of the mountain is also the God of the valley. Church Gist. If you don’t have God by your side, whether you are on the mountain or in the valley, you are on your own and it can be a very terrible thing to be on your own.

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