Saved From The Pit

Imagine being thrown into a deep pit by your siblings! Their initial plan was to kill you. That’s what happened to a young man named Joseph. [1]

Imagine being thrown into a well by the princes of your people because you warned them of pending judgment from the Lord. This is what happened to a young man from among the priests of Anathoth. His name was Jeremiah. [2]

Before this happened, Jeremiah had prayed to the Lord, “Shall evil be repaid for good? For they have dug a pit for my life. Remember that I stood before You to speak good for them, to turn away Your wrath from them.” [3]

When the Pharisees questioned Jesus about healing a man on the Sabbath Day, Jesus responded to them by questioning their values. He asked them, “What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out? Of how much more value then, is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” [4]

In a sense, Jesus was cast into a pit, when evil people plotted against Him, tortured Him, executed Him, and placed His body into a burial cave.

Due to the deeds of evildoers, the future looked bleak momentarily for young Joseph and young Jeremiah. The future looked bleak for the man who came to worship God with an illness… His religious leaders deemed him of less value than an animal.

What about our Messiah? A heavy stone was rolled across the entrance of His cave-like tomb to block His escape route from the grave.

At times in my life, I have said to the Lord, “Unless You come through for me, I have absolutely no options for survival. I will not survive. I need You Lord! Please rescue me.” And He did.

God has rescued many people from inescapable pits.

Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ helps us to escape from the most horrible pit of all pits. The pit where there is eternal gnashing of teeth and weeping. Jesus declares to us, “This is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” [5] He assures us who believe in Him that He will raise us up on our last day to be with Him in paradise. Praise the Lord! What a Savior!

By the way, we see the Son in the Scriptures. We believe in Him when we believe what has been written about Him in the Scripture by His selected eyewitnesses. We experience Him in our lives personally, when we ask Him to forgive our sins, and to be the Lord and Savior of our lives. And He assures us that He will raise us up on our last day to be with Him in paradise. Praise the Lord! What a Savior!

[1] Genesis 37:18-23
[2] Jeremiah 38:1-6
[3] Jeremiah 18:20
[4] Matthew 12:11-12
[5] John 6:40