I want you to notice that they still beat up Joseph, threw him in a pit, and then left Joseph in that pit where he still could have died. Even if you don’t think you deserve it. So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt. Life is still like this, in a way. This, you may say, doesn’t sound “good” and you’re right – nothing sounds good or a “blessing” yet. I point out this verse because, even in this literal prison, God never left Joseph! The “Sovereign Lord” alone is “my strong deliverer” (Psalm 140:7). Knowing all we are, all we feel, and all we hide, God overflows with love and willingness to deliver us. After all, God is sovereign, we tell ourselves. In fact, I will tell you that the Lord’s standards for success far succeed the world’s standards. I believe this hope, this faith, was very key to who Joseph was as a person. ultimate deception and eschatological holocaust. By Rodney W. Francis “He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings” (). The world see’s, “he/she isn’t wealthy so they’re nothing”, but God looks at you, is with and bearing with you, and knows you are a success! After the pit is promotion. You can even take a look at the life of God’s only begotten Son, Jesus, and see that there was nothing easy about His life. Try as you may, you will never successfully pull yourself out of a pit. But from this and the poetic expressions of Psalm 40 has come the reward: a new song for her soul, given by her Saviour and offered to you in Get Out of That Pit—friend to friend. David describes himself as being in a “horrible pit.” The word “horrible” means “roar, din, crash, uproar, tumult.” “Pit” refers to “a dungeon.” Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt. Been there too. He knows when we’re kidding ourselves. Scripture leaves no doubt that the sovereignty of God was in full pendulum swing, directing every detail from Canaan to Egypt for the common good. Pampered and spoiled at that. Sometimes we forget what a mistake this was the last time we did it. That’s what former pit-dwellers like me must have. Cistern water at best is flat and tasteless; it is easily contaminated with various types of growth that produce a smelly scum. So He ended their days in futility. 3. Years passed, however, before Joseph began to grasp the work of his true Deliverer. So, I say to you today, don’t let a pit hold you down, keep you from dreaming, or cause you to give up hope. Getting ahead of myself for a moment, I believe the “beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit” in Revelation 11:7 is this “king.” 3. 23 So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him. God heard me and brought me up out of the pit! Deliverance From The Pit DELIVERANCE FROM THE PIT. “I waited patiently for the LORD; He turned to me and heard my cry. That’s what happened to Israel. How does this make you feel? 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As much as you’d like to, as self-sufficient as you’d like to be, as smug as it would make you, you can’t do this one alone. 4. However, it is absolutely terrible when a blood sibling won’t do right by you. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.”. Since pit-dwelling is primarily a state of mind, effective deliverance also takes the ability to read people’s minds, because what we say often doesn’t match where we are. Rather than humble themselves and do what was required for true protection and restoration, Israel preferred calling upon the Egyptians for protection. It is also the testimony of every person who has come into a right relationship with Jesus Christ. Gideon went out with his 300 men, and they … Scripture (Genesis 37:20) shows us how and why they conspired against Joseph – we’ll get into the “why” in a little bit. I know the feeling. Time has a way of distorting our memories. Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed. Praying for Your Child’s Use of Technology. On occasion people can pull us out of a pit, but they cannot keep us out. God is saying to you what he said to him, "Hello, you mighty hero". Why don't you stir up that gift? Jesus says, “It doesn’t matter if you created your pit. While he was kicking and screaming in the waterless bottom, his brothers looked up from their picnic lunch and, saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. When we come out of a pit, if our idea of stability is standing on another human’s shoulders, his clay feet will inevitably crumble and we’ll take a tumble. And I do mean you. Repeat these steps over and over. He knows when we’re kidding ourselves. Psalm 40:1-2. Close your eyes and imagine being in this deep and probably dark pit. ~ Devotionals Daily, /*