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Delivers Us
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.
Psalm 34:17
God hears our cries for help and comes to our aid. One of my most uttered prayers remains the same; I learned it from my mother, “Lord, help me.” When I can’t find my keys, “Lord, help me.” Amid a difficult situation when I don’t know what words to say, “Lord, help me.” When tragedy happens and knocks me to my knees, “Lord, help me.” And God always does.
During my last hospital stay after suffering a second deadly blood clot that required surgical removal, I found myself struggling to process the events.
“Lord, help me process through this,” I cried from my hospital bed.
Knock, knock, knock.
“I’m the hospital chaplain. Do you mind if I stop in for a visit?”
Barely had I whispered the prayer than the Lord answered in the form of the hospital chaplain, who talked to me for over an hour, helping me process the events just as I had asked. By the time he left, I had talked through the complex emotions. He asked questions that helped me find clarity. The Lord delivered me from my troubles with a visit from a chaplain.
God hears our cries and tunes into our needs long before we ask for help. Nothing happens to us the Lord doesn’t know. And He always has an answer when we turn to Him. God delivers us from our troubles when we seek Him for help.
Application:
God delivers us from our troubles.
Prayer:
Lord, thank You for hearing our cries for help and delivering us from trouble. Please help us remember to ask You for deliverance. Protect us from our destructive ways, lead us away from temptation, and deliver us from evil. In You, we trust.
IJNIP. Amen
