Deliverance!
"The Lord knows how
to deliver the godly."
2 Peter 2: 9
When Jesus taught us to pray, “Deliver us from evil,”
He was tapping into a glorious biblical theme. Our
God is One who delivers. Moses told the Israelites,
“The Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp,
to deliver you” (Deuteronomy 23:14).
David said, “He delivered me because He delighted
in me” (2 Samuel 22:20). Job 5:19 says, “He shall
deliver you in six troubles, yes, in seven.”
The psalmist said, “The Lord is my rock and my fortress
and
my deliverer” (Psalm 18:2). Paul said, “He delivered
us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom
we trust that He will still deliver us” (2 Corinthians 1:10).
Often we need deliverance. Do you need to be delivered
today? Fear? Poverty? Illness? Injustice? Depression?
Addiction? We’re overwhelmed by evil, yet God knows
how to deliver the godly from trouble.
If we ask for His deliverance, we’ll receive what He
has promised. “For I know that this will turn out for
my deliverance through your prayer and the
supply
of the Spirit of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:19).
"It is true that we endure trials, but it is
just
as true that we are delivered out of them."
Charles Spurgeon
