Tuesday Devotion
Mud and Mire

It was Tuesday evening. Every Tuesday, we put the pads on but had a light, short practice putting in offense and defense for the coming week. Tuesday night was chalk talk and film night so as was our want, we went to Bailey’s for dogs, burgers and fries for dinner. Kopper’s dad just bought a new jeep…so we decided to go “jeeping” before the 7:00 p.m. meeting.

There had been heavy rains the previous week and the ground was wet and spongy. Nevertheless, we headed to Clear Run to try the jeep on some logging roads. Downhill was great, but when we got to the bottom of one ravine, it had standing water. The jeep began sinking as we traversed standing water. Gunning the engine only made us sink further and the jeep began listing to the side until mud came halfway up the passenger side door! We attempted to get ourselves out which only succeeded in covering us with mud. We hiked back 2 miles to where we could find a phone and called a wrecker. We were hopelessly stuck in the mud and mire and it took a huge wrecker to pull us to solid ground.

In Psalm 40: 1-3, David praises God for drawing him out of the miry pit of destruction and placing him on the sure footing of the rock. David was stuck in the mud and mire of sin and could not extricate himself. He cried out to God and God pulled him out of the pit. As a result of what God did for him, David sang a new song of praise to God. And, many came to see, fear and trust God because of David’s glorifying the God of his salvation.

A bunch of high school jocks learned a lesson in September of 1964. We were extremely thankful for that wrecker. If you have been raised from the mud and mire of sin by God, see that your praise is to Him. In that way others will see that He alone is the wrecker Who pulls one stuck in sin to the solid rock of Christ. For the plight of man is the same as ours in Clear Run…hopeless and helpless without rescue by another. One more thing, the idiot teenagers knew not to return to that ravine. We preferred solid ground. So, if God rescues you from the pit of sin, stay on the rock and stay out of the mud and mire!