We can all remember a time when we have waited patiently for God to deliver us from the dark pit of our sins. We know as children of God (John 1:12) and ambassadors of Christ (2 Corinthians 5:20) we are called to put off the old self (Ephesians 4:22-24) to embrace all that is holy, righteous and true (1 Peter 1:16). And yet there are times in our lives when our habitual sin is so grievous that all we can see is the mud and mire of spiritual blindness that comes from breaking God’s commands. While sin does not mean one loses one’s salvation, it certainly has a negative affect on the closeness of one’s walk with a holy God. Also, since this world hates the light one can expect one’s enemies to rejoice seeing the hypocrisy of one’s actions and subsequent discipline from God. When this happens how does one get out of this dark pit and back on the righteous path? In Psalms 40 David outlines five steps that he took to have his walk with God restored: praise God for past deliverance, singing a new song, confession and the thwarting of one’s enemies and the last step was for the beggar to ask for speedy deliverance.