OT Promise 326: Deliver from Trouble

Proverbs 11:6, 8 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

”Deliver us from evil.” So we pray, and so God promises to do. The upright and the righteous are the believers in Christ, who are righteous by faith. Because of Christ, the Lord delivers us from: death, evil, the devil, sin, the world, hell, and trouble of all kinds. Sin causes trouble, our own sins and the sins and trespasses of others. Jesus delivers from all these troubles.

In simple terms, “to deliver” means to transfer, bear, carry, transport, bring something from one place to another. The Bible pictures deliverance from hell to heaven, from death to life, from darkness to light, from sorrow to joy, from strife to peace, from despair to hope, from demons to liberation, from bondage in Egypt to the Promised Land, and on and on. Generally, the promise is deliverance from a bad place to a good place.

From whatever “trouble” we find ourselves in God delivers. He delivers from the evil of the bad thing, and brings to the good. Count on it.