There is a particular kind of despair that comes with being completely stuck. Not the minor inconvenience of a slow checkout line or a delayed flight, but the bone-deep, stomach-knotting feeling of being trapped in a situation with no visible exit. You look ahead and see no way forward. You look behind and see no way back. The walls close in and the question becomes not "how do I get out?" but "is there any getting out at all?" Here is the remarkable thing: the Bible is full of stories about people in exactly that position. And it tells those…