In
one of the Psalms the psalmist writes, "He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to
stand.“. Have you ever been rescued from a situation as grave as being stuck
and unable to get out? If you have, then you can relate to what David is saying
in Psalms 40:2. Actually David had been in many pits in his life as he
struggled with his relationship with Saul, his royal position as King and his
dysfunctional family. But, he also understood the freedom of being released
from those pits that often times felt as though they were slowing consuming
him. While David’s pits may not have been the kind of pits that you may find
yourself in or an actual muddy pit; the feelings he had, were so strong that he
felt that he could compare them to what it must be like to actually being in
stuck in a pit, just about to sink. Whatever it was that David was feeling at
the time, we know that his troubles seemed to be beyond even the greatest human
effort that he had access to at that time and proved only to be futile in
handling them himself.
Like sinking in quick sand, David found that the more he
struggled over his situation the worse it became and the more his situation
drew him deeper into the pit. In his writing David was trying to create and
convey his deep understanding of what it is like to plunge down into despair
and what can appear to be, an impossible situation. We know that many of the
things that caused David to feel the way he did stemmed from the effects of
opposition from others be it friend or foe, from a military defeat or simply
the effect of wrong choices made during the course of his lifetime. Not really
knowing the cause of his Psalms 40:2 pit is actually to our advantage though.
Because without knowing what it was that made David feel that way, allows us a
window of sympathy and compassion to know that while we have also gone through
trying times, we are encouraged that we too can come out on the other side;
freed, once the trouble passes.
Where is your place of absolute impossibility
today sweet friend? In a relationship, a habit, a wrong choice or a relapse of
a past sin or situation that you cannot seem to get over? Is someone
opposing you? You never meant it to become what it has become. At first it was
harmless, nonthreatening, but now you are stuck in it and feel the mud and mire
covering you with darkness and depression. You wish there was a way out! If so,
may I tell you that those are the very things that God is best at! Pulling us
up and rescuing us when we cannot rescue ourselves. However, for Him to get to
us, we must move out of His way and allow Him to work the way He wants to in
our lives and not in accordance to how we want to instruct Him to do. The
secret to receiving His help is found in Psalm 40:1 and says, “I waited
patiently for the Lord; He turned to me and heard my cry”. You see the problem
is that God knows that we need Him; we are the ones that need to learn that
concept and learning comes so many times through trials and tribulations, pain
and even heartbreak. If God places you in an impossible situation, He has a
divine plan for your rescue. But you must call on Him, and wait for Him to show
up and know this: He is never too late for those that cry out to Him with the
right heart attitude. So, remember, when you cannot see a way out, look to Him,
He has the tools needed to get you to safety.
Hold
Fast,
-Bren
