Help Up!

I can climb a ladder without much difficulty. I can also climb a rope. Climbing the side of a hill can be adventurous, but doable. What often seems hardest to climb up is to get out of a hole. Someone has said, "The toughest kind of climbing is getting out of a rut." [original source unknown]

It is so much easier to get into life's ruts than to break free from them. Life's pits are also a struggle. Falling down we can usually get up, dust ourselves off, and continue journeying on. Falling into a pit often requires the help of another to get out.

It was God to Whom David looked for the help he needed in the midst of life's pitfalls. He wrote. . .

"(1) I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. (2) HE DREW ME UP FROM THE PIT OF DESTRUCTION, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure." ( Psalm 40:1-2 ESV)

There is no mention of sickness or what the specific situation was for which the LORD'S HELP was needed. Perhaps it was an inner struggle David was dealing with at the time. Later in this psalm the focus seems to be on the struggle with sin (i.e. 40:12), though there is mention of those who were against him. (40:14)

With some of life's challenges -- even with our best efforts to get out -- we may find ourselves sinking deeper. When in the mud and mire of sin and the pit of guilt, it is the LORD'S GRACE AND MERCY we can turn to in penitence and be lifted up again. To fail to do so will leave us to slip into a deeper sense of guilt and despair thinking we are unforgivable. We don't have to remain there. GOD'S GRACE is great. HIS MERCY is marvelous. He will incline His ear to our cry for help. By HIS MERCY we can be delivered from misery to mirth in the joy of the salvation of God. It is the one who trusts in the Lord ( Psalm 40:4) who is so blessed. May we continue looking to God, ACCEPTING HIS HELP, and keeping hold of His hand so we do not fall back in.

Have a great day STANDING AND WALKING ON GOD'S SOLID GROUND!
Carl

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