He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
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Ten times in the 119th Psalm, we are told that. They delight in His works. Psalm 111, verse 2. They delight in His will. Psalm 40, verse 2. They delight in knowing God and knowing the fellowship of God, knowing the presence of God, experiencing God's nearness. The nearness of God is my good, the psalmist says in the 73rd Psalm. And the New Testament picks up the theme, 2 Corinthians 4, 6, for God who said, let light shine out of darkness has shown in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. In other words, in His presence. And we just finished reading from the 21st chapter of the book of Revelation, and you would say something of the culmination of that passage, 22 verses 1 through 7, is that the people of God, in the presence of God, they will see His face. In other words, they will enjoy His presence. Psalm 16, in His presence is the fullness of what? …
… It can lead to chaos or calm. Psalm 40, verse 2, 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. Is that awesome or what? That needs to be our verse this week. So when you bite down, on betrayal. When you bite down on that glass, I want you to think about glass. G-L-A-S-S. G-L-A-S-S. This is kind of extra credit. G, God is still good. God is good all the time, all the time. God is good. God is good when things are good. God is good when things aren't good. I love what Cliff Connectley said the other day. God is fair. life is unfair don't get the two confused L life is full of layers I love this one and seasons that's what I love about lasagna those layers and Joseph's life if you want to talk about layers guys you think okay he went to the pit alright Well, he's sold into Egyptian slavery. …
Now, lastly, why does the Lord do this great act of Grace? Why does He lift up the beggars from the dunghill? I cannot tell you any other reason than this—God does it because He wills to do it. Why does He thus look after some of the chief of sinners, and yet leaves many more respectable people to go on in their own way? I know no reason except than He does it because He wills to do it. His name and His nature are both Love, and it is characteristic of love to pour itself out on behalf of misery and helplessness. The Lord looks abroad and sees the poor, ruined, helpless soul, and straightway the floodgates of His heart go up and out flows the stream of His loving kindness and tender mercy! Perhaps, someone asks, "Do I rightly understand you, Sir? I do not often go to a place of worship, but I was passing the Tabernacle and just stepped in. Now I am as bad as I well can be, you surely do not mean to say, Sir, that God loves me and such great sinners as I am?" Indeed, my dear Friend, I do mean to say it, and to say it upon the authority of God Himself. "What? Do you mean to tell me that God loves me as I am?" Yes, just as you are. "What? God loves an ungodly man?" Yes, here is a text to prove it—"God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together with Christ." Why, if He had not loved us when we were dead in sins, He would never have loved us at all! And we would have remained dead in trespasses and sins. 'Tis His great Grace that lifts a beggar from the dunghill and sets him among princes! When poor Jeremiah was in the pit and likely to die of starvation, Ebedmelech the Ethiopian did not go to him and say, "Come up out of the pit and I will dress your wounds, and feed you." He took men with ropes and some old rags to put under the Prophet's arms, and so drew him out of the dungeon. In like manner, God does not say, "Now, Sinner, make yourself a saint, and then I will love you," but He lets down the great rope of the Gospel, which is long enough to reach you wherever you may be, and He lines it with the soft rags of loving invitations—and then He lets you put them beneath your arms and trust to them as Jeremiah trusted to Ebedmelech's ropes—and so you shall be drawn up out of sin's dungeon. David did not say, "I climbed up out of the horrible pit, and then began to sing." Oh, no! He said, "He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God." David's song, like Hannah's, and like Mary's, ascribes all Grace and Glory to God! And if you put your soul's trust in Jesus, the one and only Savior , you also will— …