“I beg you to see that your enemy has a tremendous investment not only in digging and camouflaging a pit in your pathway but also, should you tumble down, in convincing you to stay there after you fall in. He knows that in his pit you will feel powerless to stand up against him. There you are vulnerable to him and out of his way.
To the ancient Hebrew, a pit was a literal or figurative reference to the grave – to its threat or to an abyss so deep the dweller within it felt like the living dead. Been there? Me too. Drawing from the figurative application, we’ll define pit this way: a pit is an early grave that Satan digs for you in hopes he can bury you alive. Should you fall into it, make no mistake; he cannot make you stay. Ironically, neither will God make you leave. Like it or not, some things are simply up to us.”
Beth Moore – Get Out of that Pit
September 13, 2007
A Pit
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Wow that’s a powerful quote with a great photo to illustrate it! Stay out of the pit!!!
Comment by Ellen — September 14, 2007 @ 7:54 am |
Yep it is up to us to chose to obey or not. Insightful … thanks.
Have you heard about the series on biblical eating habits? I blogged a bit about it today. Should be interesting.
Comment by SouthernBell — September 14, 2007 @ 9:54 am |
Great picture to go with this quote. And so true. But God is bigger than any pit and we need only to cry out to him should we happen to find ourselves within one of satan’s making.
Comment by Susanne — September 14, 2007 @ 12:33 pm |
I love Beth Moore studies–but those words are really chilling (yet true).
Comment by Mary Lou — September 14, 2007 @ 7:18 pm |