It's Just the valley Shadow of Death

 

Our shadow lengthens as the sun begins to set. At this time you can properly say that shadows are illusions; they are phony reflections of our physique. However, it can symbolize many things but the reality is that they can be disingenuous if we are not able to distinguish between what is meant to be the shadow and our reality. 

Figuratively, your shadow can come on you, trying to leave an imprint of the kind of person you need to be and robbing you of what you need to see as reality. If we choose to live in the shadows of ourselves we won't see the sunshine, because shadows are produced as a result of shades that shield the sun from reaching a particular area. 

I for one can never say problems and challenges are illusions, but the fact that the enemy creates a misconception through it, is very delusional coupled with the fact that those reports are not from our father makes it a big fat lie.  The journey of life is seldom linear, but it is meant to be a forward journey and never backward. 

Humans are always moving, not necessarily walking. This means that we are not for once stagnant in life. What we call stagnation is not ideal for humans because either way we do things that push us forward or backward. The effect of our movement is produced in direct proportion to our beliefs. 

Your movement can lead you to something that looks like the valley of death. Those moments when you feel as if the most priced resources have been taken away by whatever it may be. You trusted the Shepherd that guides you with rods and staff and leads you in the path of righteousness, but now it seems you are working in the dark path of death. Yet, in that path is his voice telling the angels of goodness and mercy to prepare a table before you because death is nothing to him and also to you who believe in his name. 

Amid challenges, the mind can be overwhelmed by a magnitude of raging thoughts. Accompanied by the fact that the enemy will continue to show you pictures that are lies and not your reality.  Remember the words of Charles Spurgeon  "Death in its substance has been removed, and only the shadow of it remains…. Nobody is afraid of a shadow, for a shadow cannot stop a man’s pathway even for a moment. The shadow of a dog cannot bite; the shadow of a sword cannot kill; the shadow of death cannot destroy us.” 

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