- Hide, Preserve, Deliver
Psalm 32:7
Thou art my hiding place,
Thou shalt preserve me from trouble;
Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
God promises to hide, preserve, and deliver me any time, but I especially need this promise when I am worried, scared, or threatened.
The Lord Himself is my hiding place. I come into His arms and let His love engulf me so that sin, death and devil cannot find me even though these enemies know where I am. Children may try to find safety hiding under the covers or in the closet from real or imaginary enemies, but they are still scared because they know they could be found. Not so with the children of God: they can rest secure and unafraid in the Hiding Place that is the Presence of God. Sin cannot tempt; Death cannot harm, Satan cannot destroy. We just cannot be found.
The Lord will preserve me from trouble. We are always finding ourselves in trouble on account of sin, either our own sin or someone else’s. Sin surrounds us like poisonous snakes in the wilderness. This is trouble. God promises to preserve from trouble: this can mean either I won’t get into trouble or I will be kept from the pain and sting of the trouble I do get into. This is a truly wonderful promise if we can believe it. We don’t have to look for trouble; it will find us. We do have to look for the one who preserves us from trouble.
The Lord will surround me with songs of deliverance. Trouble may be coming at me from many sides at once, but we have the promise that deliverance is also all around me at the same time. Songs of deliverance and shouts of victory are all about us as our Lord and Shepherd is continually staving off trouble and driving it away. If I could actually see the ever-present salvation of God and what He is constantly doing to keep evil away from me I would be continually singing and praising the Lord. This promise is real and God is always delivering me; I know it is true because the Lord says so; even though I do not see the battle and the victories I believe they are going on, because this is what God says He will do for us.
God is keeping these promises to hide, preserve and deliver every day and night and He will continue to do the same as long we live on the earth surrounded by the Enemy and by God all the time.