February 9, 2021
I greet and bless everyone in the name of Jesus Christ our God, who created and formed us and who never ever forgets us. The blessed word that God has given for you today is from the book of Psalm 34:19 “Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But the Lord delivers him out of them all”.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous. This means that those who wish to be righteous will have to undergo trials and temptations like Jesus. Scripture does not give us the idea that goodness will secure us from trouble; on the contrary, we are again and again warned to expect tribulation while we are in this body, if we live for Jesus. Our afflictions come from all corners, and are tormenting and painful. We will find thorns and briars growing in our pathway, yea, to lie down among them, and our rest will be disturbed, and broken by sorrow and grief. But be comforted for the Lord delivers him out of them all.
Through troops of ills, difficulties, and struggles the Lord Jehovah shall lead his redeemed children unhurt and triumphant. There is an end to the believer’s affliction and a joyful end too. None of his trials can hurt so much as a hair of his head; neither can the furnace hold him for a moment after the Lord brings an end, and bids him come out of it. The same Lord who sends the afflictions will also recall them when his plan is accomplished, but He will never allow the fiercest of them to rend and devour his beloved. The Bible says, “The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears. And delivers them out of all their troubles.”
We read in the Bible thatthe king of Syria, wasmaking war against Israel.SoProphet Elisha, warned the king of Israel, to be watchful and not to pass that place because the Syrian king was about to attack him. Therefore the king of Israel was saved. When Elisha’s servant went out the next morning and saw the army, which had surrounded the town in the night, he became afraid of the large army and said, “Alas, my lord, how shall we do?” But Elisha quieted him, saying, “Fear not, for those with us are more than those with them.” He then prayed that the Lord might open the eyes of his servant. As a result his servant saw the mountain upon which the town of Dothan stood full of fiery horses and chariots round about Elisha. The fiery horses and chariots were symbols of the protecting powers of Heaven, which surrounded the prophet. This incident shows How God delivers, the Righteous.
David too, always looked unto God like Elisha, and found that alone with God he was stronger than all against him. Therefore, respecting his afflictions he cries out in this psalm, many are the troubles of the righteous; but The Lord delivers him out of all. Thus, by his own wisdom David measures the condition of the righteous, and says, many are the troubles of the righteous; and, he shows how they should be healed, saying, The Lord will deliver him out of them all. The lawyer can deliver his client from strife, the physician can deliver his patient from sickness, the master can deliver his servant from bondage, but the Lord delivers us from all.
Prayer: Our loving heavenly Father, we thank You for this blessed day. Strengthen us when we are weak and give us the courage to face the problems boldly. Lord we thank you for delivering us from our afflictions. Teach us to acknowledge You as our Lord and Saviour. Help us to trust in God like David, and Job. May we be able to endure sufferings like Jacob.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
