August 27.
Where Chilly Winds Won’t Wail

Psalms 23:4

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me.

Now during the days of David, there was such a place as the valley of the shadow of death. It was away from Jerusalem, out close to Bethlehem. This valley started 27 feet above sea level, but at the other end, it was 1300 feet below sea level and surrounded by mountains. It is said that some sheep would walk to the edge of the cliff not paying any attention to where they were going and would fall to their death down in the valley. This person was walking through the valley indicating there was no fear of dying.

If a person is afraid, the last thing they are going to do is walk. Instead, they will stand and gaze or run. But when you walk it says that you are somewhat comfortable about this matter of death. If I am saved, I’m not afraid of dying. You can easily discern at home-going services when the family there doesn’t know the Lord through their crying, weeping, and conversation. The people talk of the person as lost, which means they don’t know where they are. But if you know where they are, they’re not lost. 2 Corinthians 5:8 says Be absent from the body and be present with the Lord. Instead of saying I lost my mother, just say she moved where the chilly winds don’t blow.

I am so glad that I am going where the chilly winds don’t blow. I get so tired of getting caught up in winds of adversity, winds of disappointment, winds of heartache, and winds of midnight. However, one of these days the Lord is going to hide me behind the mountain. Which mountain? This mountain is kind of a moving mountain; it doesn’t just stand in one place. This mountain is Jesus himself. Psalms 23:1, 2, and 3 refers to the Lord as being He. But in 23:4 David changes from He to Thou. That means that as I go through, He’s going along with me. I know that I’m with the God that will be with me.