Psalm 51:18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
God is good, and we look to God for every good. We believe Him. Therefore, we are bold in Jesus’ name to pray and ask for good things from Him who is all good. It is the Lord alone who abundantly grants goodness, mercy, and blessing to those who ask, seek, and knock. “How much more will your Heavenly Father give good things to those who ask Him?”
We are in the position of beggars when it comes to our Lord. We are dependent upon the mercy of God for life and health and every good thing. Thank God, He is good, kind, merciful, and loving. He hears our prayers and acts to answer them according to His good pleasure. He even gives the faith to believe Him. “Faith comes by hearing, hearing by the word of Christ [Romans 10:17].
God does good to all the world (God so loved the world…), but specifically He does good to Zion (the people of God, the church) and builds the walls of safety from harm, protection from evil, and freely grants abundant life and every good thing to those who are His. So we believe and pray, “Deliver us from evil.”