AND IS NOT IN VAIN Living a victorious Christian life is not having one mountain top experience after another.
Mountain peaks go down into valleys and gradually rise up again to another peak.
Christians go through many valleys and peaks during their lives. It is when we are down in the valleys that we grow stronger and learn more trust and faith in our Heavenly Father. We do not go through the valleys because God is mad at us or doesn't love us. God allows us to go through these difficult things because He wants us to be more like Him, and He is with us each step of the way. We are being prepared for the highest mountain .