Psalm 51 is a roadmap to anyone who has ever gotten away from the Lord; it is a beacon that clearly captures for us the roadway back to God. David fell so far, so fast, and he didn't even realize it until the dullness of his soul spread to every inch of his spiritual life. Soon his cold and lonely heart was combined with his tormented soul and trapped in a painfully chastened body. And he stayed at the bottom like that for almost a year.
Does that length of time surprise you? After all, think of whom it was that had fallen so far away from the God he passionately loved and served. For David was a man who:
Getting out of The Ditch of Sin
How deep was the ditch, it was deep because David had known God so closely, so warmly, and so completely. David:
• Was talked to directly by God through inspiration; • Knew the indwelling presence of God the Spirit; • Had the direct line to God's throne by way of prophets; • Could enter the very tent of God built to the Lord's specs; • Perhaps held the very scrolls Moses had written down; • May have seen the stone tablets of the Law that were kept in the Ark of the Covenant; • Had seen God's supernatural protection month after month in hand-to-hand combat. David was never defeated on the battlefield and, as far as we know, never even wounded in spite of the tens of thousands of weapons that had at some time been aimed at him by those who hated him and wanted him dead.
David was a man who knew God, experienced God's presence, loved God, sang scores of songs inspired by God, wrote chapters of the eternal Word of God—and yet he seemed to lose touch with God for a YEAR!
Amazingly, David hid this well as he went through the motions
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Pastor John Barnett has been devouring the Word of God for over 30 years. John, now the teaching pastor of Calvary Bible Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan has served congregations in Oklahoma, New England, Georgia and California. He also served on the Faculty of the Master's College...
