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Clarke adds "God resents their blasphemy, and is determined to punish it. They shall now be discomfited in such a way as to show that God’s power is everywhere, and that the multitude of a host is nothing against him.” Brian Bell - What is God to you? Is He only the God of the Hills (mnt tops)? We expect religion to serve us when we come to the great summits of experience. These are times of rapture and vision where we stand with God on these holy mountains of our life. But is that all? God is with us in the Valleys. When we descend into the valley of weeping. Ps.84:6 When they walk through the Valley of Weeping(Baca), it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings. Or when we descend into into the valley of shadow of death, or the valley of obscurity and loneliness, or the valley of conflict, we can say with the Psalmist, Thou art with me. Ps.23:4 Most of us, spend a large part of life in the valleys, walking among commonplace duties. Let’s make sure in these shadowed days that we are walking in close companionship with our divine friend. And when our path does ascend...w/the mountain breeze is in our face...& when our view widens, may we stand with God on our high places as with hinds feet. Hab. 3:19 The Lord God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer’s feet, And He will make me walk on my high hills. So, the 1st victory was to teach Ahab that the Lord was the true God. The 2nd victory was to show the enemy that the Lord was not weak & limited, like the heathen gods. Man of God - 78x in 73v - Deut. 33:1; Jos. 14:6; Jdg. 13:6; Jdg. 13:8; 1 Sam. 2:27; 1 Sam. 9:6; 1 Sam. 9:7; 1 Sam. 9:8; 1 Sam. 9:10; 1 Ki. 12:22; 1 Ki. 13:1; 1 Ki. 13:4; 1 Ki. 13:5; 1 Ki. 13:6; 1 Ki. 13:7; 1 Ki. 13:8; 1 Ki. 13:11; 1 Ki. 13:12; 1 Ki. 13:14; 1 Ki. 13:21; 1 Ki. 13:26; 1 Ki. 13:29; 1 Ki. 13:31; 1 Ki. 17:18; 1 Ki. 17:24; 1 Ki. 20:28; 2 Ki. 1:9; 2 Ki. 1:10; 2 Ki. 1:11; 2 Ki. 1:12; 2 Ki. 1:13; 2 Ki. 4:7; 2 Ki. 4:9; 2 Ki. 4:16; 2 Ki. 4:21; 2 Ki. 4:22; 2 Ki. 4:25; 2 Ki. 4:27; 2 Ki. 4:40; 2 Ki. 4:42; 2 Ki. 5:8; 2 Ki. 5:14; 2 Ki. 5:15; 2 Ki. 5:20; 2 Ki. 6:6; 2 Ki. 6:9; 2 Ki. 6:10; 2 Ki. 6:15; 2 Ki. 7:2; 2 Ki. 7:17; 2 Ki. 7:18; 2 Ki. 7:19; 2 Ki. 8:2; 2 Ki. 8:4; 2 Ki. 8:7; 2 Ki. 8:8; 2 Ki. 8:11; 2 Ki. 13:19; 2 Ki. 23:16; 2 Ki. 23:17; 1 Chr. 23:14; 2 Chr. 8:14; 2 Chr. 11:2; 2 Chr. 25:7; 2 Chr. 25:9; 2 Chr. 30:16; Ezr. 3:2; Neh. 12:24; Neh. 12:36; Ps. 90:1; Jer. 35:4; 1 Tim. 6:11; 2 Tim. 3:17 DON’T UNDERESTIMATE GOD 1 Kings 20:28 - John Mayshack We underestimate God when: 1. We Misunderstand the Wisdom of an All-wise God 2. We Overlook the One Who Possesses All Power C H