Deliverance out of it all - Psalm 33-35

"... but they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any good thing." (34:10). "Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him ... to keep them alive 'in' famine." (33:18-19). "The righteous cry and the Lord hears and delivers them 'out of' all their trouble." (34:17). "Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers them 'out of them all'." (34:19). "... who is like You, who delivers the afflicted 'from him' who is too strong for him." (35:10). Do you see the pattern in these beautiful Psalms? Do you see what God is saying to us? He doesn't keep us out of these troubles He protects us as we are in them. In the Christian life we have the false teaching in our minds that once we are God's child we will be kept from all harm. Like a cosmic "helicopter" parent, God is seen as the caring Father who will not allow anything bad to happen to us. Yet, we see in these Psalms a different take by David. He doesn't see God preventing these things from entering our lives but rather using these things as an opportunity for us to use faith to get us through them. We believe God and in His saving power to get us "through them" not keep us from them. Rejoice that whatever happens today to you, God knows about it and simply wants you to believe in His saving power to get you through it. The last verse in this section sums up how we ought to live our day in light of the deliverance God provides: "... my tongue shall declare Your righteousness and Your praise all day long." Enjoy your day of praise.