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The Promise of Deliverance
Join us in a heartfelt meditation on Psalm 34:17 during this advent season. Reflecting on th… (visit YouTube for more)
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In the Christmas song Mary did you know there’s this line: Mary, did you know that the child that you’ve delivered will soon deliver you? The deliverance that God sends is the focus of our meditation verse today during this advent season. Psalm chapter 34, verse 17. When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.
Now our experience of Christians is that in this life we will have troubles. And Jesus of course said, take heart I’ve overcome the world, meaning that these troubles will eventually end. But what the Psalmist is inspiring us to do here is to cry out for help to the Lord, because we know and we believe that he hears. And sometimes the Lord’s deliverance comes quickly when we cry out to him.
Of course, whenever we pray to God, we have to pray in humility, accepting that his timing is perfect and ours is not. And accepting that sometimes God will take us through the trials rather than plucking us out of them. But this should not stop us doing what the Psalmist suggests we should do, which is to cry for help.
We are the righteous, my friends, we who have accepted Jesus and been covered by his blood. We are the righteous and therefore we know, and the scripture tells us that God, hears our prayers and delivers us from our troubles. So let us keep praying, keep trusting, and keep accepting that in relation to this world and our lives, God knows what he’s doing.
Thank you, Lord, that you do hear us when we cry. Thank you, Lord, that your deliverance is there for us, that Jesus is our deliverer. Thank you that sooner or later you will put an end to all of our troubles and that we can trust you always. Amen.
