The God of the Hills is the God of the Plains, A Devotional Thought

In 1 Kings 20:21-30 there's a fascinating story about the sovereignty of God over all of life that sort of gives me pause.  Here's how it goes: a pagan king named Ben Hadad of Syria invades Israel and loses the battle miserably. While he's licking his wounds, his advisers tell him: it's because Israel's god is a god of the hills, not of the plains, so if we fight them on the plains, we'll win. A year later they put their theory to the test. They march out against Israel again, this time on the plains and again Israel sends them packing. But in verse 28, God says,"It's because they're saying I'm only a God of the hills, that's why I'm handing them over to you." In other words: Israel's victory will disprove the idea that God is somehow localized in his lordship or limited in his power. Unlike some pagan deity (a "God of Thunder," or a "God of the Sea," or what have you) YHWH is sovereign over every domain of life and in every region of the world.

The story leaves me wondering: do I, like the Syrians, live as though God is "just" a God of the hills, and not also of the plains? What I mean is: do I live in such a way that I only acknowledge God's lordship over certain areas of my life (my "religious life," my "church life," my "Sunday morning life") but fail also to acknowledge his lordship over other areas of my life (my finances, say, or my leisure and recreation, or my career, and so on). Is my God truly and fully Lord, or his he just a "god of the hills"? It's worth asking, because that way of living didn't work out too well for the Syrians.