DELIVER
“I’m in too deep, nobody can help me. I’m in so much trouble, there’s no way out.”
Have you ever heard someone talk that way? Perhaps you have even felt that way before. I’m hear to tell you that there is One for whom no situation is too difficult, no problem so big it cannot be conquered. His name is Jesus.
Listen to Paul as he tells about his trust in Him:
For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life; 9 indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead; 10 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 1:8 - 10 (NASB)
A friend of mine pointed out the other day that some believe that Paul’s statement in verse 9 refers to Paul’s actually being killed and raised to life again by God. This is the passage they were referring to from Acts 14:19-20:
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Whether or not this is what Paul was referring to in the 2 Corinthians passage, we do know that God DID raise people from the dead:
1. Son of the widow of Zarephath (1 Kings 17: 17-23)
2. Shunammite’s son (2 Kings 4:32-37)
3. Young man laid in Elisha’s sepulcher (2 Kings 13:21)
4. Widow’s son (Luke 7:12-15)
5. Jairus’ daughter (Luke 8:49-55)
6. Lazarus (John 11:43-44)
7. Dorcas (Acts 9:37-40)
8. Eutychus (Acts 20:9-12; Hebrews 11:35)
And of course, Jesus himself was raised after being in the tomb for three days.
Is it any wonder that Paul put his complete trust in him? You and I may have problems that seem insurmountable to us. But to God they are easily overcome when we come to Him for help.
Set your hope on God…and He will deliver you.
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