2 Corinthians 1: 3-5
August 16, 2023
FEAST OF SAINT JOAN OF THE CROSS, JEANNE DELANOUE, VIRGIN – 17th AUGUST
August 17, 2023
THE 16TH OF AUGUST
IN JESUS WE HAVE REAL STABILITY
He (God) also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps. – Psalms 40:2
The Lord God Almighty brought us out from the “horrible pit” of tumult and destruction. David compares the sinful life with imprisonment in a dungeon, as it happened for real, to Jeremiah. It also reminds us of a dead body in a grave, as we were spiritually dead in a “walking grave,” until we came to Jesus.
Walking on “miry clay,” is practically impossible without sinking and putting a lot of effort to be able to move further. To live without the guidance of the Holy Spirit it feels like that. The “miry clay” symbolizes very unstable ground, a life with poor principles and morals, having a twisted value system. While living like that, there is nothing firm to hold on to, and nothing but a grim future awaits, just like the present.
But since the Holy Spirit touched us and we asked Jesus to come into our hearts and become our Lord, we started to walk on solid ground. The rock means stability, a secure ground where we advance and are able to move, even to a better place. Jesus, is our rock and in Him we have true hope for a better future, for a life worthy to be lived.
SUGGESTED PRAYER
Thank You Lord for setting me free from the pit of tumult where sin was keeping me imprisoned. Because of Your loving kindness my feet are on the rock, I can walk with little effort and I advance into becoming more and more what You created me to be in the first place.Thank You Father for adopting me into Your family and please help me do Your will, so that I may please You every day of my life. In the Name of Jesus I pray. Amen
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