LIVING THROUGH THE PITS OF LIFE (8 OF 22)
by John Barnett
Scripture: I Samuel 21:15, I Samuel 22:1-2, Psalm 40:1-17
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Living through the Pits of Life (8 of 22)
Series: The Life of David
John Barnett
I Samuel 21:15-22:2, Psalm 40
As we open to Psalm 40, David feels life's become like a horrible pit. Probably the closest public event that would mirror David's life is what the quake-struck residents of Haiti and Chile have felt, going through in the ten plus weeks since the 7.0 quake hit Haiti on 1/12/10 and less than a month ago, the much larger 8.8 quake hit in Chile 2/27/10. Since these twin events :
• Millions of lives were disrupted.
• Over 200,000 have died.
• Nearly 100,000 are still homeless.
• Tens of thousands got out of touch with friends and family.
• Multiplied thousands are jobless, and have become refugees.
• And all of them are unsure about the future.
Events like those we watched these past two months, are unforgettably imprinted upon our memories.
The fear, pain, hopelessness we saw reflected from the crowds wandering around dazed by the devastation in the aftermath of those quakes-is a collective picture of what both David, and many others feel at times in life. Life after a huge disaster can aptly be described as living in the pits.
What we saw hundreds of thousands of people facing together, is what David faced alone for months. That is a summary of:
David's Life in
The Pits
Remember where we are in God's Word-we are searching the Scriptures and finding the testimonies of David from key events in his life, that God has given to us as inspired Psalms. Where is David when he wrote the 40th Psalm?
David had just gone through an emotional quake that is off the scale. He was still feeling aftershocks, and in Psalm 40 he was remembering life at the bottom, life in the pits. This is what David was feeling as he writes these words:
• David had lost everything.
• David was homeless.
• David was out of touch with his family and friends and did not know who survived and who hadn't.
• David had no sure supply or food or water.
• Davi ...
Series: The Life of David
John Barnett
I Samuel 21:15-22:2, Psalm 40
As we open to Psalm 40, David feels life's become like a horrible pit. Probably the closest public event that would mirror David's life is what the quake-struck residents of Haiti and Chile have felt, going through in the ten plus weeks since the 7.0 quake hit Haiti on 1/12/10 and less than a month ago, the much larger 8.8 quake hit in Chile 2/27/10. Since these twin events :
• Millions of lives were disrupted.
• Over 200,000 have died.
• Nearly 100,000 are still homeless.
• Tens of thousands got out of touch with friends and family.
• Multiplied thousands are jobless, and have become refugees.
• And all of them are unsure about the future.
Events like those we watched these past two months, are unforgettably imprinted upon our memories.
The fear, pain, hopelessness we saw reflected from the crowds wandering around dazed by the devastation in the aftermath of those quakes-is a collective picture of what both David, and many others feel at times in life. Life after a huge disaster can aptly be described as living in the pits.
What we saw hundreds of thousands of people facing together, is what David faced alone for months. That is a summary of:
David's Life in
The Pits
Remember where we are in God's Word-we are searching the Scriptures and finding the testimonies of David from key events in his life, that God has given to us as inspired Psalms. Where is David when he wrote the 40th Psalm?
David had just gone through an emotional quake that is off the scale. He was still feeling aftershocks, and in Psalm 40 he was remembering life at the bottom, life in the pits. This is what David was feeling as he writes these words:
• David had lost everything.
• David was homeless.
• David was out of touch with his family and friends and did not know who survived and who hadn't.
• David had no sure supply or food or water.
• Davi ...
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