" A Firm Place to Stand"

 

“A Firm Place to Stand”

 

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.     Psalm 40:2

 

King David, a man after God’s Own Heart, yet who occasionally sinned against God.  And when he did sin against God, he felt the impact of that sin. David describes a situation that he found himself in that was comparable to a SLIMY PIT of MUD and MIRE.  It may have been a situation where his sins or rebellion caused him to be in that SLIMY PIT.  Whatever the case, David realized that God was his ONLY DELIVERER, so he cried out to God and then He WAITED PATIENTLY for God’s HELP.  

 

God heard David’s cry and DELIVERED David, by lifting him out of the SLIMY PIT, and out of the MUD and MIRE, which was holding David back, from his FREEDOM.  When God LIFTED David from the SLIMY PIT, He set David’s feet on a ROCK and gave him a FIRM PLACE to STAND. 

 

That is the situation for the UNREPENTANT SOUL, they are caught in the SLIMY PIT of SIN and REBELLION against the HOLY, RIGHTEOUS GOD, they are held by the MUD and MIRE, the SIN and REBELLION that KEEPS them AWAY from God and His SALVATION, the act of SETTING them FREE from their SIN and a DESTINY of an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once they are there.  However, when they CRY OUT to God, He will LIFT them UP out of the SLIMY PIT of MUD and MIRE, and SET their FEET on the ROCK, (Jesus Christ) which will give them a FIRM PLACE to STAND. And He will give them a NEW SONG, a HYMN of PRAISE to GOD for their DELIVERANCE.

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, through the SHED BLOOD of His Son, Jesus, you are that UNREPENTANT SOUL, who is in the SLIMY PIT of your SIN and REBELLION against God.  You are DESTINED for an ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS.  But God is waiting for you to cry out to Him for your DELIVERANCE. You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST ACCEPT His Gift of SALVATION, and let Him LIFT you UP out of the SLIMY PIT and SET your FEET on the ROCK, JESUS CHRIST, a FIRM PLACE to STAND.  And remember this: On Christ, the SOLID ROCK, I STAND, all other ground is SINKING SAND.” (Edward Mote).  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and COMING SOON!!!