Seize the Moment – Day 1266
From Out of the Depths!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, September 4. Happy Labor Day!
One of my favorite backcountry hikes was a rim-to-rim hike of the Grand Canyon. We descended the south rim, crossed the Colorado River to hike across the canyon, and then ascended the north rim. With the north rim being a thousand feet higher than the south rim, we literally climbed out of the depths of the Grand Canyon. It was an exhilarating experience!
Psalm 130:1-3 describes the pilgrim crying out to God, “Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?” Starting from this place of quiet desperation, you can hear the psalmist ascend to the vista of God’s redemption in verses 5-8:
I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait, and in His word do I hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than the watchmen for the morning; indeed, more than the watchmen for the morning. O Israel, hope in the Lord; for with the Lord there is lovingkindness, and with Him is abundant redemption. And He will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
It is only by the power of the Holy Spirit that anyone can cry out to God from the depths. To ascend to the vista of abundant redemption, you must put your hope in Christ alone. As Paul explained in Ephesians 2:5-6, “even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.”
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 130, meditating upon the elevated vista of your abundant redemption – Jesus Christ raised you out of the depths of your sin and depravity so that you can soar on wings like eagles (Isaiah 40:31). From what perspective are you looking at your life and circumstances?
God bless you!
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