This verse was one of two that were the verses of the day for today on Bible Gateway. The other verse was verse six of the same chapter, but the verse above got me to thinking.
"When hard pressed"- Tough times: cancer, unemployment, depression, divorce.
"I cried out"- Prayer: fervent, passionate, honest, sincere.
"He brought me into a spacious place"- God delivers. God provides relief. God comforts.
I love the term David chose, "hard pressed". Trying times can feel just like that. Pressed. Smashed. Compressed. Trash-compacted.
I was reminded of the scene in Star Wars where the Leia, Luke, Han and Chewbacca were in the Death Star's trash compactor. Surrounded by trash, the walls closing in, death imminent. There was nothing they could do. Their efforts were futile.
They began crying out for help. Yelling. Screaming for deliverance. Just when we think the heroes are going to be rebel pancakes, C3PO, was able to stop the compactor in the nick of time. I am certainly not comparing Yawhew to a George Lucas creation, but parallels can be drawn.
Luke and company were in dire straits. There were being "hard pressed". They "cried out". Boy did they cry out! All their efforts as salvation were futile. It took help from above to save them from destruction.
God wants to save us from destruction. He can stop the walls from closing in. Our efforts are in vain. He will bring us in to spacious places.
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