Keeping Out of the Pit of Nothingness

“Behold, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; But You have kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, for You have hurled all my sins behind Your back. Isaiah 38:17

One afternoon, my wife and I walked along the beach despite the fog, and we could see nothing for about 30 metres ahead.

We looked at the sea and couldn’t see the horizon, as you can see in the photo above. It seems the waves are rolling from out of nowhere.

The afternoon sun cast a monochrome blue and gloom.

We stood for a moment, reflecting on the foggy sea.

The scene is an illustration of nothingness.

There is an eerie sense of quietness. Everything is monotone.

You gaze further and can only imagine an ethereal expanse of nothing.

No wonder some caught on an unfamiliar trail would be confused and lost in thick fog, literally and figuratively.

We thank the Lord for keeping us out of the pit of nothingness.

Through prayers and studying His word, listening and learning from Godly counsel, you can transform bitterness into a season of testing, an essential element for spiritual growth and maturity. View it as the fog that will eventually lift.

Sin quickly discourages us from continuing with our faith journey. The world accuses us of our unworthiness.

Praise God, for He has cast away our sins behind! The Lord God has taken our souls out of the pit of nothingness.

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own because Christ Jesus has made me his own (Philippians 3:12).

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go”

Joshua 1:9

Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. 1 Corinthians 13:12 (New Living Translation)