Walking in Lowly Places

Most of the time, when leaders ask questions and cry out to God, it isn't because they lack trust in Him; rather, they speak from a humble place of faith.

JEHOSHAPHAT was in a lowly place when he heard that the Moabites and Ammonites were on their way to attack Israel.

He prayed, "O our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless against this great multitude which is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on You." (2 Chronicles 20:5-12)

The only place to look when you are in your lowly place is up.

PREVIOUSLY, John bore witness when the Spirit descended from heaven like a dove and remained on Jesus. (John 1:33)

John later spoke from prison after his arrest. He sent his disciples to Jesus to confirm if he was the One to come or if they should wait for someone else. (Luke 7:18)

And Jesus told John's disciples to say to him what they had seen and heard.

Challenges will test your faith, but God provides reassurances to let you know that you are on the right track.

GOD reassured Paul that he was on track when God sent an angel to him.

For this very night, an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me, and said, 'Stop being afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar, and behold, God has given you [the lives of] all those who are sailing with you.' (Acts 27:23-25)

Paul had been in many lowly places, so he said,

We are pressured in every way [hedged in], but not crushed; perplexed [unsure of finding a way out], but not driven to despair; hunted down and persecuted, but not deserted [to stand alone]; struck down, but never destroyed; always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be shown in our body. 

For we who live are constantly [experiencing the threat of] being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be evidenced in our mortal body [which is subject to death]. 

So physical death is [actively] at work in us, but [spiritual] life [is actively at work] in you. (2 Corinthians 4:8-12)

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Challenges will test your faith, but God provides reassurances to let you know that you are on the right track.

JOB understood that God knew what he was doing. He did not curse God, nor did he curse the process.

He knew God never forsook his own, and he said, "Behold, I go forward (to the east), but He is not there; I go backward (to the west), but I cannot perceive Him.

To the left (north), He turns, but I cannot behold Him; He turns to the right hand (south), but I cannot see Him.

"But He knows the way that I take [and He pays attention to it]. When He has tried me, I will come forth as [refined] gold [pure and luminous]. (Job 23:9-10)

God knows the way you take. His eyes are on you.

DAVID knew God was watching over him when he found Israeli soldiers in a lowly place, the Valley of Elah.

Anytime Saul and his men heard Goliath, they were so frightened that they couldn't do a thing. (1 Samuel 17:11)

So David asked, "What will be done for the man who kills him? But Eliab scolded him for asking questions.

And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?

He told Saul that the Lord who rescued him from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will rescue him from the hand of this Philistine. (1 Samuel 17:29-37)

David knew that no experience with God is wasted.

So he stepped out to build on his testimonies and triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

David was loyal to the cause of God.

JESUS was loyal to the cause of the cross.

So we look unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2)

Jesus Christ is the cause in God's Kingdom.

Final Thought

The truest path to treasures is found in the lowly places.