Can He Deliver?

There are times in our lives when situations come up that are completely out of our control.  When things get this intense, we know that it will take the hand of God to literally turn things around.  I find myself laying out prostrate praying to God, waiting for him to deliver.  A lot of times God would answer right away, almost before I had finished praying or right after.  I would call my friends up and say, “You’re not going to believe what just happened!” There have been other times when my physical body was so wrecked with trauma, and I would literally be at the point of passing out from an acute whirlwind trauma panic attack, as I call it, and I would place my hands on myself, and zone in to prayer, and God would deliver instantly.  I love these moments.

But then there are the other moments that we all know about.  Days turn into weeks, and weeks turn into months, and months turn into years, and God still hasn’t answered.  Can God Deliver?  Yes, he can.  Will God deliver?  We don’t know.  We know God is sovereign, all powerful, the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords.  As he told Moses, he is the great “I AM”.  He is a present tense God.  What we don’t know is if he will deliver us from our situations here on earth, right now, later, or in heaven.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego knew God could deliver them, but they didn’t know if they would be delivered from the fiery furnace:

Daniel 3:16-18 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁶ Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. ¹⁷ If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. ¹⁸ But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”

Will He Deliver?

About three years ago it was time for me to renew my state sticker.  I couldn’t renew the state sticker without having an emissions test done.  To line up with how things were going at the time, my car didn’t pass the emissions test.  We received an extension on the sticker, but to no avail.  I was in one of the worst situations of my life financially.  The worse.  I had no money to get another car.  I barely had money to buy food.  The next thing we knew, we accumulated six tickets on the car because of the situation.  I had it all figured out.  God would answer my prayers through a certain situation.  He didn’t.  The depression from the trauma dropped even lower.  God had us to wait ten months and then he came to deliver.  Just like he delivered Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego from the fiery furnace.

God gave me a sneak peak of how he would deliver.  The night before he delivered, I had a dream.  In the dream my friends handed me about four different turquoise colored gifts.  One of these gifts was a sewing machine.  I woke up thinking that maybe I would be blessed with a sewing machine for my craft table, and I could finally learn how to use one.  I felt God’s Spirit, but I didn’t want to overthink the situation.  I also asked God if he was trying to tell me something.  I went to my small group that morning, and one of the members handed me an envelope with a note and check attached, saying that the Holy Spirit told her to give it to me to help me get a new, used car.  I had my timing of deliverance and God had his timing of deliverance.

 

Have a blessed night!

 

Katina