hey guys this is pastor of Vlad and I am going to do a few of these little videos
maybe once a week if the Lord is willing based on the response and how I can be a
blessing to you on this YouTube channel I want to share with you just a short
little thought about God being with you in spite of what you're going through a
few days before Christmas as you can see behind me it's a Christmas tree and
we're just celebrated Christmas but day or two before Christmas I got the call
that no pastor likes to get from the hospital where one of our team leaders
was in a car accident and his dear son died in that car accident he himself was
in a very critical condition it's a miracle that he survived that car
accident he had a few surgeries by the grace of God he's in recovery mode and
so in about a week from now we're gonna have a funeral for his son and it
happened right before Christmas it's a very you know discouraging very painful
very sad very shocking unbelievable sad experience and Christmas but not only
Christmas times of happiness rejoicing sometimes become very times of pain
disappointment discouragement and difficult for other people and
Christmas is a promise of Emanuel means God with us
and sometimes we look at life we look at for example I look at my my dear friend
and what he went through and I'm like what how can I encourage him you know
how can I tell him that God is with him if this happened to him or maybe you're
saying how is how is God with me if my relationship ended if I lost my job you
know my ministry is not doing good things are actually going down God must
not be with me but I want to remind you that when it says that God was with
Joseph he wasn't very difficult situations in fact Joseph was sold by
his brothers Joseph was falsely accused and he still says the Lord was with
Joseph when it says that God was with David we know what David went through
when God came in the form of an angel and told Gideon says mighty man of Valor
the Lord is with you Gideon says God cannot be with me
look what I'm going through and Jesus is God with us but it does not mean when
God is with you that you will never have troubles in fact Psalm 23 says the Lord
is my shepherd I shall not lack and it says he leads me he guides me he
restores me and then verse 4 says yea though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death I fear no with no fear no evil it says for you are with me it's
interesting that if the Lord is with me it doesn't say I don't walk through the
valley of the shadow of death it just means that if I walk through it I have
no fear that means that number one if God is with you it does not mean you
will not go through the valley if Jesus is in your boat it doesn't mean you will
not have a storm the presence of a problem is not an indication that God
left you it's not an indication that God is not with you God doesn't promise life
without valleys the second thing I want you to remember is if God is with you in
the valley you will walk through the valley you're not gonna live there you
will go through the storm you're not gonna die there you will go through the
fire you're not gonna be burned you cannot go through the water you're
not gonna drown that means that you're gonna go through it but you're not gonna
live in it number three if the Lord is with you it doesn't mean you will not go
through the storm if the Lord is with you it means you will not stay there but
it's almost says I will fear no evil that tells me that God doesn't remove
the problem sometimes he removes the fear that things will get worse fear
that this is how I'm gonna die fear that's how my life will always be
Jesus's presence first to remove the fear of evil and then it says God leads
us out of the valley of the shadow of death he prepares a table in the
presence of our enemies he anoints us with our head with oil and then he says
that my cup runs over goodness and mercy follow me that means that when he takes
us out of the valley when we go through what we go through with the Lord he will
take us to a new season he will take us to a new territory he will take us to a
place where in the beginning the Lord was my shepherd I had no lack but after
I go through the valley I have overflow in the beginning he just
makes me lay down at green pastures and still waters after the valley I eat in
the presence of my enemies meaning I find strength even though the enemy is
there in the beginning you know he just restored my soul but after the valley he
anoints my head before that you know he led me in the paths of righteousness but
after the valley goodness and mercy follows me meaning I have people I have
things stalking me and it's not like bad things goodness and mercy so I just want
to encourage somebody here today don't give up on God just because he gone
through the valley and don't for a moment think that God left you in the
valley God is not afraid of your pain he's not
afraid of your rejection he's not afraid of blackmail he's not afraid of what
people said about you he's not afraid of how difficult things are in your life
right now he's still with you he is Emmanuel God with us he's not
afraid of your sickness he's not afraid of your disease he's still with you he
didn't leave you he's gonna see you through and he will take you through
this valley don't be afraid he's gonna help you to eat in the presence of your
enemies he's gonna anoint your head with oil
you will experience overflow it will experience goodness and mercy follow you
and you will dwell in God's house all the days of your life so I just want to
pray for somebody right now lord I just pray in the name of Jesus for those of
people watching right now or that will be rewatching this video
who maybe are questioning and asking where you are right now in their
situation maybe the the shadow of death has temporarily cloud the Sun the love
and the peace of God I just speak that I will find courage in your presence and
the new promise Lord their feelings is not an indication that you left them and
their bad situation is not an indication that you abandoned them you're still
with them you right there right now with them leading them and you're telling
them not to be afraid your staff comforts them and you're teaching them
to eat and feast not when everything gets solved fixed healed and changed but
right now to eat of your word right now to renew their mind according to the
truth and right now to step in into your overflow or they speak goodness and
mercy will follow them all the days of their life and I speak there will not be
Church hoppers but they will dwell in your house forever or that bless you
people Lord you are the Emmanuel God with us in whatever we go through and
whatever we find ourselves in in Jesus name Amen
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in Jesus name Amen