Im sure all of us will have seen the recent international news about the rescue of 33 miners from a gold/copper mine in Chile. Incase you missed the media coverage you can find it here at BBC News – Chile Mine. Seeing those miners being brought up out of the ground after almost 2 and half months trapped 600m down a collapsed shaft was inspiring and moving. The world watched as each man reached the surface and was reunited with wives, partners and children.
Somehow as a society we were inspired by a story of people being rescued from almost certain death. And yet, if we believe that Jesus came to save us, our story is not so different…
Psalm 40 vs 2 (NIV) says this…
He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
The Hebrew word for pit is Sheol (שְׁאוֹל). King David clearly understood what it meant to be pulled from a situation that seemed so dark and lacking hope.
The fantastic reality for us as followers of Jesus is that we have been pulled from our own Sheol. In situations where we had no hope and no chance of getting out on our own. Jesus rescued us. As you watch the footage of those miners, remember that you were rescued too!
