When I was a child, we lived in the country and had a pond, which we swam in every summer.
Because it didn’t have a sandy beach, when we stepped into the water, our feet sank into mud. Let’s just say it is not the best of feelings, it felt gross. But as a child, I looked past it for the fun that was ahead in the deeper water.
In Psalm 40:2-3, David said: 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.
Focus for a minute on some of the key phrases in this verse.
1. Slimy pit: The word for pit means pit, cistern or dungeon (as in prison). David said he wasn’t just in a pit, but a slimy, sticky one. Whether we put ourselves in a slimy pit because of our stubbornness and sin, or if the enemy puts us there, or if God allows difficulties to purify our faith, we can feel like our current state is like a dungeon or prison. We feel like we our daily walk through life is a struggle, our feet can’t seem to get out of the muck and we are – stuck...