1 Samuel 11-13; Psalm 69
“Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in the miry depths, where there
is no foothold. I have come into
the deep waters; the floods engulf me.”
When I was reading the Psalm today, a memory came to mind from
when I was young. I’ve always been
a little fearful of being in deep water.
Even though I know how to swim, the thought of not being able to touch
the bottom and keep my head above water would always make me a little
nervous.
Once when I was at a water park I was in a wave pool, and all my
friends were down at the deepest part, so I was too. It was so crowded that day and I pretty much got stuck at
the deep end, without an inner tube, surrounded by people on every side. When the waves started up I was doing
fine at first, but then the waves started going over my head. The water was in my face constantly so
that I couldn’t breathe. I
couldn’t get above the water long enough to get a breath, and I started to
panic.
This probably didn’t go on too long before the waves started to
die down again, but it felt like forever!
There was truly a moment when I thought I could drown. I was fine, of course, but very shook
up. I remember that feeling of
fear and being alone (there were people all around, but no one was helping me).
This psalm is written by David and is about circumstances in his
life that caused him to feel like he was drowning in deep waters. This is also considered one of the
Messianic psalms because many verses are applied to Jesus’ life as well.
This reminded me today, first of all, that there is nothing we
experience that Jesus doesn’t understand.
He came to earth in the flesh and experienced temptation, heartbreak, and
suffering. It also reminded me
that no matter what the “deep waters” are in our lives, there is nothing He can’t
rescue us from!
Thanks for posting these words today Emily. I needed to read them.
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