It is often hard to be happy. Why? Well, simply put, it is just so easy to become discouraged that’s why. Just listen to or read the news…it’s all bad. Life is tough, especially when we try to live it in our own strength.
1 Samuel 22:5 says:
“Do not stay in the stronghold. Go into the land of Judah”…
In one of the great Bible adventures ever King David and his fighting men had been hiding in the cave of Adullam. He was fleeing Saul. Many of life’s down-and-out had come and joined David’s army, so he was not exactly hanging out with folks who were the life of the party. David was discouraged and had become content to stay in the cave, a dark and hidden stronghold of safety. Then, God’s prophet came to David and told him that he must leave the stronghold and go into the land of Judah.
When life beats down on us and we get to the place where we want to hide in a cave, God often places people around us who prod and exhort us into moving in the right direction. He does not want us to remain in the place of discouragement. He wants us to move into the land of “praise.” Judah means “praise.”
I recall when I went through a very difficult time. It seemed to drag on and on with no change until finally I wanted to retreat to a cave and forget pressing on. I had become content in my misery, and it was a great time of discouragement. A godly man came to me and said, “You must keep moving! There are too many who are depending on you.” I didn’t totally understand what he meant at the time. Now I know he was saying that God is preparing each of us to be the vessel He wants to use in the life of another person, but we will never be that vessel if we give up and hide in our cave of discouragement. Not only must we keep moving, we must move into a new realm. Our attitude must move from discouragement to praise. It is when we move past discouragement to praise that we begin living above our problems. Make a decision today to move out of the pit and go into the land of Judah! Chose to pray and move your feet!
Beth Moore is a writer and teacher of best-selling books and Bible studies whose public speaking engagements carry her all over the United States and the world. A dedicated wife, mother of two, and happy grandmother to one, has written a wonderful book called Get Out of That Pit: Straight Talk about God’s Deliverance.
Read her story and be motivated and equipped to climb out of the pit you’re in!
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Get Out of That Pit: Straight Talk about God’s Deliverance from a Former Pit-Dweller By Beth Moore / Thomas Nelson No matter how you got stuck in a pit and no matter how long you’ve been there, whether you deserve it or not, your Redeemer is waiting, and He promised that you can get out of that pit once and for all. Drawing from the text of Psalm 40 and her own time in the pit, author Beth Moore encourages readers that no matter what has come before, there is deliverance and healing in Christ and it’s yours to claim. |
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Get Out of That Pit Audiobook on CD By Thomas Nelson Beth Moore wants readers to know if God could lift her out of the pit, He can get ANYONE out! She admits she wasn’t just a visitor; this former pit-dweller had to be delivered from acres of life-accumulated dirt, bone-chilling darkness, spirit-deadening anger, heart-breaking desperation and mind-numbing confusion. The permanent lessons she learned in her desperation – shared in this very personal book – are lessons of hope for all of us. While she deeply empathizes with the hows and whys of life in the “pit,” she continually points readers to the deliverance that awaits. Deliverance is for everyone, she proclaims – no matter how you got stuck, no matter how long you’ve been down, whether you think you deserve it or not. And in her straight-talking but loving style, she reminds readers that deliverance can begin for them this very day. Unabridged. 4 CDs. 280 Minutes. Read by the author. |
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