Get Out of the Pit - Part 3 of 3

Part 3

-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!

Then we come to the latter part of verse 2:

“And set my feet upon a rock”

The word “set” means to cause to sit and to cause to assume a certain posture or position. “Feet” means to step and to be able to endure. So God “set” David's feet by putting him in a position in which he could endure his situation. And how did God do this? By establishing David in an upright position on the “rock”, meaning a stronghold or fortress. And who is this stronghold or fortress?

Yahweh Tsuri pronounced yah-WEH tsu-REE or “The Lord My Rock”, which comes from

1 Samuel 2:2: There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God”.

“and established my goings”

“Establish” in this verse means to “ordain, to order, be stable, stand, to be erect, prepare, render sure”. “Goings” means “behavior, actions, progress, advance toward an objective”. Therefore God is ordaining, ordering, and preparing David and his actions in order for him to stand erect against this despairing situation the devil has put into his mind. Again God demonstrates to David that He is with David and is his strong tower. Psalm 61:3 states “For thou has been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.”

Verse 3: “And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.”

“Put” means to “bring into a specified state or condition; to place in a specified position or relationship; to send into or through something; thrust”. “New” means “fresh, to rebuild, renew, repair”. God is again showing how he is sending or thrusting David into a higher position or relationship with Him and putting a fresh, renewed song in David's mouth, which also means mind, and in his praise to God. Hasn't God been thrusting us into a higher position or relationship with Him this year? He is truly an awesome God!

“Singing, praising, and thanksgiving are the great building impulses of man. Singing restores harmony to tense nerves because its vibrations stir them to action, thus making it possible for the ever-waiting , healing Spirit to get in.” (The Revealing Word)

When that Spirit gets into us, others will “see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord”.

How many of us have found ourselves in “an horrible pit” before? When nothing seems to go right for us; when we have financial difficulties that we can't seem to get out of, when our jobs are demanding us to do more than we think we physically can; when things at our houses keep breaking down or falling apart; when our phone keeps ringing off the hook because someone needs help and we struggle to find the strength to help them; when our gas tank is almost empty or car trouble presents itself at the end of the month and we don't know where the resources will come from.

You and I both know that the list goes on and on. Every day we need to rebuke Satan for these negative thoughts and situations that he places in us. We must remember that God will lift us above our fears And set our feet on solid ground”. Just as David understood this, we need to remember this as well. Psalm 91 emphasizes the trust we must have in our God: “He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust”. Amen!

- Rachel West