In the Depths

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Our Daily Bread Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

San Fruttuoso Abbey is nestled in a cove off Italy’s northwest coast. Accessible only by boat or foot, it’s a secluded gem. But even more treasure hides in its bay. As divers venture into the sea and descend fifty feet down, the figure of a man starts coming into view. This is Christ of the Abyss, the world’s first underwater statue, placed in 1954. The bronze figure depicts Jesus in the depths, His hands raised to heaven.

The depths. Maybe you’ve experienced them. “I sink in the miry depths,” Psalm 69 says, “I am worn out calling for help” (vv. 2–3). Mocked by his foes and estranged from his family (vv. 4, 7–12), the psalmist found no comfort in others (v. 20) and feared his misery would “swallow” him up (v. 15). Whether it’s sin or sadness that takes us there, the depths are life’s moments of dark despair.

Thankfully, this isn’t the last word on the depths. For while they’re cold and lonely, there is One who can be found in them (139:8). And He will rescue us from their chill waters. “I will exalt you, Lord, for you lifted me out of the depths” (30:1).

As that sculpture reminds us, when we’re sinking under the world’s weight, we’re not alone. Jesus by the Spirit is there in the depths, His hands raised high—ready to meet us and lift us out in time.

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0:00.0	Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up.
0:05.3	Psalm 69, verse 15.
0:09.7	Welcome to today's encouragement from our daily bread.
0:13.9	Our reading titled, In the Depths, was written and read by Sheridan Voise.
0:22.0	Psalm 69 verses 6 to 15.
0:26.2	Lord, the Lord Almighty,
0:28.8	May those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me.
0:32.5	God of Israel, may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me.
0:37.4	For I endure scorn for your sake,
0:39.8	and shame covers my face. I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother's
0:45.8	children, for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
0:52.4	When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn. When I put on sackloth,
0:57.4	people make sport of me. Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.
1:03.7	But I pray to you, Lord, in the time of your favour, in your great love, O God, answer me with your
1:09.6	sure salvation.
1:17.9	Rescue me from the mire. Do not let me sink. Deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.
1:24.9	Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me.
1:29.1	In the depths.
1:35.0	San Frutuoso Abbey is nestled in a cove off Italy's northwest coast.
1:39.4	Accessible only by boat or foot, it's a secluded gem.
1:42.3	But even more treasure hides in its bay.
1:49.2	As divers venture into the sea and descend 50 feet down, the figure of a man starts coming into view.
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