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All of us will need God to deliver us at one time or another. That’s because He has not made any of us to be self-sufficient in all aspects of our life.
Both Christians and non-Christians can face seemingly hopeless and life-threatening experiences in this life. The difference is that for Christians, God is our deliverer. According to the psalmist, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all” (Psalm 34:19, NASB).
Just because we know certain truths about God does not mean those truths are actively working in our lives. Some believers say they know God is our deliverer, for instance. But in practice they act as if they don’t believe He is. Hence, one purpose of preaching and teaching is simply to stir up truths that we already know.
Since God is greater than any opposition we face, wouldn’t it be great if He sheltered us from everything that is too big for us to handle? But at times He allows us to be tested above what we can bear. When that is the case, it is to the intent that we trust Him to deliver us.
In Paul the apostle’s second letter to the church at Corinth, he wrote these words about God as our deliverer: “Who DELIVERED US from so great a peril of death, and WILL DELIVER US, He on whom we have set our hope. And He will YET DELIVER US” (2 Corinthians 1:10, NASB).
