Get Out of the Pit - Part 2 of 3

Message 41

-The following blog message – – is posted in three parts and is based on Psalm 40:1-3. Part 1 deals with David finding himself in “an horrible pit” and how he “waited patiently for the Lord”. Part 2 covers how David came out of the pit. And finally, Part 3 explains how awesome and powerful God is and how we need to trust Him and get out of the pit!

Part 2

And then what happened? David says that God “brought me up also out of an horrible pit”. “Brought” means to “escort or accompany (to go with as an associate or companion; implies equality of status)”. “Up” means “in or into a higher position or level; in or into an upright position; in or into a better or more advanced state”.

God didn't reach down in the “pit” from up above somewhere and physically pull David out. God was in the pit with David. He was with him the entire time, comforting him and encouraging David to stand upright. God was with David every step of the way as David's escort and companion. His Word states in Hebrews 13:5, “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Forsake means to leave behind or to desert someone or something. God would never leave David or desert him, or anyone of us. Thanks be to God!

So when God brought David out of the pit, He raised David to a higher position, an upright position, and to a more advanced state in his mind. He gave David the strength and power to change his thinking – to transform his mind in order to get out of the state of despair he was in. Paul reminds us in Romans 12:2 to “be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God”.

Do you remember others who were in a pit in the Bible?

- What about the Israelites? Weren't they in a pit of slavery? Didn't God use Moses and Aaron to bring them out of this pit of slavery in Egypt into a higher level position? Ex 20:2: “I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, of the house of bondage.”

- And what about Joseph?

Genesis 37:23-24: “And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him; And they took him, and cast him into a pit”.

Didn't God bring (or accompany) him out of the pit and into an upright position and a higher level position?

And, as always, God's timing is perfect. The scripture says: “he inclined unto me ”, meaning God offered himself to David, outstretched himself to David, took David aside and caused him to yield to Him (God). How many times have we tried to handle problems ourselves but found that we would be a lot better off to be yielded to God and His grace when it comes to handling these situations.

Romans 6:13: “yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God”. In other words, give yourself to God as a living sacrifice, one that is good for use in service to God.

So thanks to the glory of God, David has been lifted out of the pit of despair.

- Rachel West