Out From the Pit of Destruction

“I waited patiently for the Lord;

    he inclined to me and heard my cry.

He drew me up from the pit of destruction,

    out of the miry bog,

and set my feet upon a rock,

    making my steps secure.

He put a new song in my mouth,

    a song of praise to our God.

Many will see and fear,

    and put their trust in the Lord.

“Blessed is the man who makes

    the Lord his trust,

who does not turn to the proud,

    to those who go astray after a lie!

You have multiplied, O Lord my God,

    your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;

    none can compare with you!

I will proclaim and tell of them,

    yet they are more than can be told.” (Psalms 40:1-5 ESV)

I believe the Lord wants me to look into what this “pit of destruction” could be for any one of us today. It appears that, for David, it had to do with enemies pursuing and attacking him grievously. It had to do with him being persecuted by his enemies to such an extent (degree) that he felt as though he was in a pit of despair and destruction, with no way out. I believe this can also be any attack from the enemy against our minds, emotions, or bodies.

But I also believe that, for us to really get the picture of how this is being done in our world and in the gatherings of “the church” today, we are going to have to redefine “enemies,” to a certain extent. For I think we get in our minds sometimes that our enemies are obvious opponents who, in very outright and visible ways, are trying to destroy us mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and/or physically. But sometimes they are enemies in disguise.

In the New Testament Scriptures we are warned much about these hidden enemies, these who are liars, deceivers, manipulators, and tricksters who pretend righteousness and godliness but inwardly are ferocious wolves (thieves, robbers, strangers, and hired hands). They masquerade themselves as servants of righteousness, but they are on the opposite end of righteous. They are full of wickedness, but disguised to look like kindness.

These enemies can be our family members, our neighbors, pastors of “churches,” attendees of “church” gatherings, other professers of faith in Jesus Christ, our government heads, the news media, Big Pharma (the world of medicine), the public educational system, CEOs of major corporations, people of enormous influence in the world, and the world’s Elite, etc. And they are the lies and the misimpressions and deceptions that they spread.

And their lies are being spread through various means of communication, such as through TV programs, talk shows, movies, videos (especially the short ones), social media memes, song lyrics, advertisements, political events and ads, cartoons, blog posts, social media posts, preachers’ sermons, religious ads, religious movies, books, discipleship programs, and the like. And they deceive via the twisting of truth (indirect lies, mostly).

Many among those who proclaim to be Christians, who are sharing the Scriptures, are sharing or teaching them out of context, which in its original intent is for the purpose to deceive. Out of context they can, thus, make them say whatever they want them to say which they do not say if taught in their appropriate context. And then they put them in memes and other quick ways of communicating with people, and many people are believing the lies.

So, if they can get us to believe their lies, and to reject the truth, which is the ultimate goal of these “wolves in sheep’s clothing,” then they have us down in that miry bog and that pit of destruction, from a spiritual standpoint. And if we turn to other humans to be our “saviors,” as those who are going to rescue us from our troubles and who are going to make things better, we may well be following these liars and deceivers and their lies.

[Matthew 7:15-23; Matthew 24:11-14; Luke 6:26; John 10:1-15; Romans 16:17-19; 2 Corinthians 11:3,13-15; Ephesians 4:11-16; Philippians 3:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22; 1 Timothy 1:3-7; 1 Timothy 6:3-10; 2 Timothy 3:1-9; 2 Peter 2:1-22; 1 John 4:1-6; Jude 1:1-25]

So, whether our “pit of destruction” is coming via us being persecuted for our walks of faith, which may lead to depression, or if it is coming via the lies and deceptions and misimpressions (indirect lies – harder to prove) which we may be believing, perhaps unknowingly, we need to be those who are seeking after righteousness and godliness, and who are following the leading of our Lord. And we must not be followers of man (other humans).

And we must not yield and give way to the lies of the enemy which are coming against us, either to trick us into believing that God has abandoned us, or into believing the lies that Satan likes to whisper to us, especially in times of illness and weakness, to try to get us to give up. And we must test the spirits to see if they are of God, but we must test them against the Scriptures taught in full context so that we can discern lies from truth.

And if we who love and obey God call out to the Lord in earnest, when we are under any kind of attack from the enemy, like when our emotions are going bonkers, or when physically we are in pain, or when we are receiving messages contrary to what we know to be truth, and even when we don’t even realize that we are under enemy attack, our Lord will hear us and he will draw us out of those deep waters. We just have to believe him.

But first we must pray for spiritual discernment to understand when we are under enemy attack, and when we might be believing the lies instead of the truth, and to discern the truth from the lies, too. And this covers so much ground, from what is the “true church” via the “false church,” and what is the true gospel via the false gospel, and who is telling us the truth, and who is lying to us. And then our trust must be in the Lord and not in humans.

When the Lord then shows you the lies you have been believing, and the liars who you have been believing, via the Holy Spirit, and via the truth of God’s word (taught in context), and he shows you the difference between the biblical church (the body of Christ) and these businesses of man called “churches,” and he shows you who these “wolves in sheep’s clothing” truly are in the church, in the world, and in our governments, then believe God.

Then he will put a new song in your mouth. And he will make your steps secure when you are listening to him and not to the liars. And you won’t be looking for men or women to save our planet or our nations from what ails them. But you will be looking to God alone for salvation. And your desire will now be to please God and to share the truth of the gospel and to refute the lies of the enemy, as tested against the Scriptures (taught in context).

For Our Nation  

An Original Work / September 11, 2012

Bombs are bursting. Night is falling.

Jesus Christ is gently calling

You to follow Him in all ways.

Trust Him with your life today.

Make Him your Lord and your Savior.

Turn from your sin. Follow Jesus.

He will forgive you of your sin;

Cleanse your heart, made new within.

Men betraying: Our trust fraying.

On our knees to God we’re praying,

Seeking God to give us answers

That are only found in Him.

God is sovereign over all things.

Nothing from His mind escaping.

He has all things under His command,

And will work all for good.

Jesus Christ is gently calling

You to follow Him in all ways.

Men deceiving: We’re believing

In our Lord, and interceding

For our nation and its people

To obey their God today.

He is our hope for our future.

For our wounds He offers suture.

He is all we need for this life.

Trust Him with your life today.

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