THE LORD DELIVERS ME!

"Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all." Psalm 34:19

Sooner or later, you will experience rejection by someone close to you, who will stab you through the heart. The agony in your soul will break your heart. But remember this phrase, “save me, O God.” That is the answer. When nothing else will work, the power of the Living God will save you.

He will heal you of all sickness and disease. He redeemed you from destruction. He crowned you with tender mercies and loving kindness. He executes justice to those who are oppressed. He has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.

We have a Savior who can calm the winds and the waves of life, who can speak to the circumstances of life and say, peace, be still. And Jesus will either deliver you from a storm or He will deliver you through the storm. Jesus will either make it calm around you or He will make it calm within you, but He is a mighty Savior and He is in control of the storm through which you are going right now. No matter who you are, there is going to be a time in your life and for many it is right now, when you are going to go through the storm.

When He came into the world He came to release mankind from their fears and frustrations and from their spiritual, physical and mental diseases. Jesus is the complete deliverer from the hurts and ills of life.

The Cross paints for us the picture of a loving and helpful savior and redeemer.

He surrounds us with his care and watches over us and desires the best for us.
It is reflected in that fact that even the hairs of our head are numbered.
If the sparrow cannot fall without His notice and the lilies of the field are clothed by his care how much more are we under His constant observation and desire for provision.

As I read Psalm 91 earlier in the service, do you remember? That, three times, God is referred to as the Deliverer who will deliver His people? In fact, deliverance may be the best, it may be the most comprehensive, and it may be the most clarifying word to explain God’s gracious powerful work in our lives, in spite of its infrequent use. I have searched some theology books looking even in the subject index at the back of the book to find any discussion of deliverance and have found it very rare. It’s a great word, biblically, and it’s a great word in the English language. We all understand the English word “deliverance.” In fact, that word has in it a certain tone of adventure, doesn’t it? There’s a certain drama in the word “deliverance.” Even in English, we think of deliverance and if you are asked to give a synonym, the immediate word that probably would come to your mind would be “rescue.” When we think of deliverance, we think of somebody being rescued out of a situation of grave danger, and that is what the word does in fact mean. It connotes somebody in an impossible dilemma from which they don’t have, personally, the power to extract themselves, somehow being rescued by some greater power. And when we go to the Bible, that’s exactly what we find with the word “deliverance.” It’s a rich word. It’s a word, as I said, filled with drama and filled with adventure.