Psalm 32:7 "You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me about with songs of deliverance."
If we truly desire God to be the God of our trouble, then He must be the God of our hearts. God will honor those who honor Him. God will move across a continent of believer's for the one on bent knee who is shedding tears for the goodness of God and not because of the trouble he has gotten himself into by wrong choices. God Himself will move heaven and earth to get to the one who speaks out of his trouble to praise the One true God!
In recent days, I was asked to gather prayer people together to pray for the Pastors of our church. It was in accordance with these pastors themselves that I go forward with it and seek those who would willingly go above and beyond to pray. One young man, who will at this time remain nameless, but God knows who he is, replied by text. What a refreshing answer, what a zest of life he added in his response. Not only did he agree to what the email said of praying for our pastors, but was willing to add the emphasis that was placed in the email that I had sent for them to pray.
When someone is going through tribulation and one continual trial after another trial, as those we are sent to pray for, then it has to be addressed. If we are praying, and the answer has not come, then we must join forces as a team, and like this young man, say, " yes, Lord, to all that is mentioned" , "I will do it!"
I saw the Lord heal this young man who had shingles on his face and over the eye area months ago. The Lord healed him and the Lord has continued to answer he and his wife's prayers as they continue to seek the face of God!
In what I have been witness to in the last several hours, is that I have seen someone who loves God is willing to go even further for God.
In the second part of verse 7, it speaks that it is the Lord who surrounds us with songs of deliverance.
Are we singing songs of deliverance?
I believe that those who stand strong for the Lord will rally together for the cause and not because they have to please man. When God gives a mandate for prayer, then we as believer's should be willing to rally as a team and do it!
If our focus is on the trouble, then the emotional havoc will be dominating our lives. If we meditate on the warfare instead of the victory, then faith is not working! The focus in that situation is on the enemy and not the Comforter who was sent for our benefit. That young man was a wonderful doorway into the presence of God and his expectancy came in his righteousness and joy. In few words, he declared his joy to do what the Lord asked him to do!
Now is the time to focus on the God of trouble. With God in our hearts, our focus will be on pleasing Him and not looking at what the enemy may be throwing at us today. Whatever you and I focus on today determines our freedom or our stumbling block.
There should be a song in our heart much like David wrote about. Stand in faith, sing and rejoice for God is our deliverer. So if trouble shows up, and danger is imminent, keep your thought life on the Word of truth. Be determined to say No to defeat and despair! Climb out of the hole you dug, shake off the dust, smooth your hair and continue your walk with the Lord.
Declare today:
" Lord, You are my hiding place, it is You Who preserves me from trouble and today as You send your angelic forces, I sing for joy for My Deliverer has come to rescue me from trouble! These are my songs of deliverance!
Father, today You have rallied your prayer warriors. You have called us to pray for those who have continual trial after trial and no relief. We stand believing that YOU are the deliverer from trouble. For those who need our prayers, may we rise up in power of the Holy Ghost, to see Your glory in the lives of those we called to pray for and see the manifestation of answered prayer. Like this young man today, may we be the "open door" to God's presence and speak with zest the power of the Word of truth.
Father, in Jesus' name, "You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me about with songs of deliverance."
We thank You for the lives that are changed today. We expect the weary to rise in rest and peace of God. We expect the sorrowful to be made glad. We expect the broken-hearts to be mended and made whole. You are the God Who hears and answers..........may our response be like this young man today...........may we always be open to Your direction and Your correction and stand surrounded by songs of deliverance. Amen.
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