DEVOTION
1ST KINGS
DELIVERED OUT OF EVERY
TROUBLE
1 Kings 1:28-31
28 Then King David said,
"Call in Bathsheba." So she came into the king's presence and stood
before him. 29 The king then took an oath: "As surely as the LORD lives,
who has delivered me out of every trouble, 30 I will surely carry out today
what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Solomon your son shall be
king after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place." 31 Then
Bathsheba bowed low with her face to the ground and, kneeling before the king,
said, "May my lord King David live forever!"
NIV
We are in the middle of this
narrative regarding Solomon becoming the king of Israel, but we have to stop
here for a moment. Something David told Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon, struck
a chord. The oath that David made included the fact that he gave all the
credit, the glory to the LORD who lives, who was the one who delivered him out
of every trouble. First, we are absolutely positive that theLord lives. We know that
God lives, and we confess that the Father lives, the Son, our Lord and Savior, lives
as He sits at the right hand of the Father, the place of honor, and He has sent
the Holy Spirit, who lives, but the wonderful truth is He lives within us. They
have always been, and will forever be. Because we know this truth and we trust
the Lord God Almighty with our lives, we also know that He has delivered us
from every trouble. The first of those troubles is death. Jesus promised us
that because we believe him, even though this body will die, we will live, and
someday even our bodies will be resurrected into eternal life. If that is the
only trouble we ever get delivered from, it is enough. We cannot speak for all
the believers in the world or those who have lived before us or those who will live after us, if the Lord
tarries, but we know that He has delivered us out of every trouble. No matter
what kind of trouble has found its way into our lives, He has overcome it, or
carried us through it, onto the other side, or out of that trouble. Trouble can
come in various ways, or forms, physical, emotional, and spiritual. Whatever
way it shows up, He has delivered us out of it. When we hurt, He heals. When we
are distressed, He gives peace. When we are tempted, He gives us the strength to
overcome. We do not lightly call Him our deliverer, for He has delivered us out
of every trouble. David never said that he did not have troubles, nor have we
ever said that we have not faced troubles, but the promise of the Lord is
always true, and He has delivered us out of every trouble.
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