Psalms 124:6-8
Blessed be the Lord,
who has not given us
as prey to their teeth!
We have escaped like a bird
from the snare of the fowlers;
the snare is broken,
and we have escaped!
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
Tag: God Delivers Us!!
In the life of believing God, we will all have, at times, others who wish us harm. We will all have those who despise our walk with God. The most that happens to us, in our country, is inward thoughts, seldom expressed to us. Non-believers question our sincerity, or point out our hypocrisy, or doubt our veracity. But, those feelings are more than likely physically, or even audibly, benign. In the above portion of Psalm 124, however, the writer is acknowledging that, had it NOT been for God, those surrounding him would have physical restrained him and psychologically devoured him: Had it NOT been for God’s deliverance. The first part of this passage says, “Blessed by the Lord who has NOT given us as prey to their teeth!” That means they wanted to devour him. They wanted to consume him and destroy him. We are not told how or why. We assume it is because of his faith (the rest of the Psalm), but we don’t know how they would destroy him: Physically? Emotionally? Psychologically? Mentally? Reputation? We simply are not told. What we are told is that the only deliverance comes from the hands of God. There is not help but Him. He is the reason for the contempt of others, but He is also the rescue from the contempt of others. We can rejoice in the fact that whom God saves, He saves to the uttermost. We can rejoice in that truth.
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