Psalm 40:1-2
“I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry. He 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.”
It’s inevitable--sooner or later we all end up in a pit at some point in our lives. So, what do you do when you look around and all you see is dirt?
The first step in getting out of the pit of despair is to cry out to God. Far too often when people get depressed, it is because they are in need of something, but they seek it in the wrong place, which only adds to their problems. Chasing after the wrong thing will always leave you disappointed, and disappointment opens the door to depression.
This is a heart issue, and God is the only one who has the power to heal your heart. So, cry out to Him, and He will hear your cry and bring you up and out.
The second step is to wait. Notice David said, “I waited patiently for the Lord.” That means that the answer to his cry wasn’t apparent for a while. Most of the pits that we end up in have taken us a long time to get into, so it may take some time for you to be delivered.
Take a few minutes and read Psalm 143, then pray that God would begin to heal your heart:
