- Be His Witness
I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation. – Psalm 40:10
Quicksand is a colloid consisting of fine granular material such as sand, silt, or clay and water. It forms in saturated loose sand when the sand is suddenly agitated. When water in the sand cannot escape, it creates a loose, liquefied soil that cannot support weight. The saturated sediment may appear solid until a change in pressure or the shock of movement indicates the liquefaction. The panicked movement of a person stuck in quicksand only causes them to sink in further.
You may not be able to identify someone caught in spiritual “quicksand“ just by looking around. Some situations in life can immobilize a believer before they realize it, stuck in what one pastor called “slow mud.” They need help in order to be extricated.
In Psalm 40, David praises the Lord for lifting him out of a bog, setting his feet upon a rock, and making his steps secure. As he declares in today’s verse, David’s goal is to make sure people know what the Lord had done for him. Whether from this type of quicksand or from the ravages of sin, you experienced the same great deliverance when you placed your faith in Jesus Christ’s atoning work on the cross of Calvary. Have you let others know what God has done in your life? Are you sharing the hope that you have for an eternity with the Lord?
Remember to always speak the truth with kindness in love. God has been faithful to you; be faithful to Him in your testimony. Pray for Americans across the nation to have listening ears to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ and find the only Way to escape the slow mud of sin.
Today’s Verse: Psalm 40:10
I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great congregation.All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Recommended for further reading: Psalm 40:1-11
1 I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.
2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction,
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
and put their trust in the Lord.
4 Blessed is the man who makes
the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
to those who go astray after a lie!
5 You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them,
yet they are more than can be told.
6 In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
but you have given me an open ear.[a]
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
in the scroll of the book it is written of me:
8 I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart.”
9 I have told the glad news of deliverance[b]
in the great congregation;
behold, I have not restrained my lips,
as you know, O Lord.
10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great congregation.
11 As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain
your mercy from me;
your steadfast love and your faithfulness will
ever preserve me!All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
