Out of Your Mire!

February 28, 2011 Monday Message:

“Rescue me from the miry mud; don't let me sink. Let me be rescued from those who hate me, and from the deep waters.” Psalm 69:14

David chronicled both his life’s stories and his walk with the LORD. So today, 3000 years later, we can not only read his story, but also feel his frustrations and emotions. David is very real, very authentic.

David spends the first portion of Psalm 69 complaining about what people did to him. He lists incident after incident, situations where others tried to destroy him, mock him and shame him. David wants God to execute a plan of vengeance, to even the score.

The things that happened to David were real. But here, David is feeling a little sorry for himself. He rants, gets it off his chest, and lets it all out. He whines a wee bit. But enough complaining — let’s take some action that will move us forward.

Through all of this, David has always known the solution. In verse 13 he prays, “… LORD, my prayer is to You … answer me with Your sure salvation.”

We’re human. When we find ourselves in life’s mire and mud, we tend to complain, rant and whine just like David. But children of the living God have the same supernatural help available that lifted David out of his mire: God, His Son and the Holy Spirit.

You may not be able to lift yourself out of your mire, and complaining about your situation won’t help. But God can and will do for you what you cannot do for yourself. “Trust in the LORD with all your heart!” Proverbs 3:5

Norton Lawellin