He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and more; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.
PSALM 40:2
PSALM 40:2
Long Ago David Said that God lifted him out a of slimy pit and set his feet on a solid rock. Do you think David was speaking figuratively or did God actually lift him out of it? In Israel you still find a few areas where there are slimy pit, usually composed of petroleum mixed with unstable soil.
The prophet Jeremiah had his own pit experience when he was thrown into by King Zedekiah. There he was left to die a slow death until a servant of the king rescued him. A similar pit, which was a teardrop-escape shape-proof prison, existed at the House of Caiaphas in Jerusalem. Prisoners were lowered into this pit by ropes and could never get out.
The pit that David reffered to could be metaphorical pit. We say someone is in the "pit of depression. " Some of the things that drive us into the pit are not because of our doing. We may suffer from an illness, lose our jobs, or be deserted by our spouse.
And sometimes we figure the pit ourselves. Drug, alcohol, or sexual addictions can become prisons that can hold anyone as fast as any maximum security prison in the world can.
But ultimately, it doesn't matter how you got in the pit as much as who can get you out of it. Where is God? No matter how deep your pit, His hand can reach down to lift you up. No dungeon or pit is deep enough to shut out the presence of God. No darkness can overwhelm the light of His presence.
Sometimes God let's you wait until you can call on him for deliverance so that you know it was Him not your ingenuity,or connection that freed you. When you know where you have been and who delivered you from the dsrkness you can appreciate your wonderful Rescuer and Savior.
The prophet Jeremiah had his own pit experience when he was thrown into by King Zedekiah. There he was left to die a slow death until a servant of the king rescued him. A similar pit, which was a teardrop-escape shape-proof prison, existed at the House of Caiaphas in Jerusalem. Prisoners were lowered into this pit by ropes and could never get out.
The pit that David reffered to could be metaphorical pit. We say someone is in the "pit of depression. " Some of the things that drive us into the pit are not because of our doing. We may suffer from an illness, lose our jobs, or be deserted by our spouse.
And sometimes we figure the pit ourselves. Drug, alcohol, or sexual addictions can become prisons that can hold anyone as fast as any maximum security prison in the world can.
But ultimately, it doesn't matter how you got in the pit as much as who can get you out of it. Where is God? No matter how deep your pit, His hand can reach down to lift you up. No dungeon or pit is deep enough to shut out the presence of God. No darkness can overwhelm the light of His presence.
Sometimes God let's you wait until you can call on him for deliverance so that you know it was Him not your ingenuity,or connection that freed you. When you know where you have been and who delivered you from the dsrkness you can appreciate your wonderful Rescuer and Savior.
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