Psalm 34:19 “A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all….”
[Being righteous in you, LORD, does not protect us from trouble—I think of Job and his trials. And we may have much trouble—I think of Daniel and the multiple life-threatening crises he experienced. But as you were clearly with them, so you are with us in each challenge and will properly deliver us from each difficulty when the time comes.
You may deliver us at the moment, or in a while, or years later or at death; you know the best timing and we can trust you in it. I think of Abraham waiting for a son, of Joseph waiting to get out of prison, of Elisha’s flood of difficulties, of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Jesus. You were with each and delivered them at the right time. Praise you for this promise which we can trust, even as my wife is in the midst of a distressing illness with no end in sight.]
Psalm 34:20 ‘he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.”
[Here is a clear reference to how you protected Jesus in His beatings, anguish and death. In spite of all the physical abuse he took, you kept his bones whole–every single one. You are the God of detail, of power, of total awareness.
So you also work in our lives. I think of the many times you have spared me in driving, times when I should have had an accident because of my own poor choices, but you sovereignly intervened and kept us safe.
You are God, you are King, you are wise and you are powerful. You are worthy of our trust. I surrender myself to you this day, willingly giving my life into your hand again.
Fill me with your Spirit, may He overflow onto to all whom I meet today. May you be honored and exalted in what I think, say, do and accomplish. May I praise you in and for all things. May your name be lifted up by my responses to whatever comes. I praise you for the privilege of exalting you in the midst of suffering. Amen.
