Making medical appointments and calling the pharmacy are two things that I do often.  They’re also among my least favorite tasks.  It’s that “Please Hold” message, followed by loud and often unpleasant music.   And then we wait and wait.

This reminds me of God’s message to us , “Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”  (Psalm 50:15  New King James Version.)   Call, he tells us to call!  He doesn’t say “please hold.”  He doesn’t bombard our ears with loud music.  He doesn’t say I’m sorry but I’m busy with another caller.   He listens, right then and there he listens to us.  And what’s more he says, “I will deliver you.”  Wow!  What service!

This promise of deliverance is repeated many times in Scripture.  Just a few:

Psalm 34:17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.

Psalm 107:6 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.

Psalm 34:4  I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.

Now that’s a promise that’s worth remembering.  In the Old Testament God rescued his people from peril.  He preserved them from famine, he delivered them out of Egypt, he rescued his people not because they deserved it, but as an expression of his mercy and love.

In the New Testament, through the life and death of Christ, God delivers his people from mankind’s greatest peril – sin, evil, death and eternal judgement.  And we are also delivered from the trials of this life.  This is God Almighty taking our hand to walk with us through our troubles, every single step.  It’s the comforting voice of our Father.

For all of this let us glorify God!  Let us praise him for his unconditional loving kindness!  God is GOOD!  Let the people say Amen.

Judy