“Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence” (Ps. 91:3 KJV).
God delivers you in different ways from different types of danger. And that deliverance can be based upon what type of person you are and what the type of situation it is. It can also depend upon what type of faith you are operating in, or lack there of.
Sometimes the way God delivers you out of a situation is to quickly remove you from it. That is the context of Psalm 91:3. The word deliver here means to snatch away. It means to pluck; to rescue. God will remove you from a situation of danger when you are dedicated to Him.
About twenty-four years ago, before I began pastoring, I had a teaching center with another minister named Douglas Harris. It was called New Breed Teaching Center in a little storefront building on Six Mile and Glastonbury in Detroit, Michigan.
Among many others there were a number of college students that attended the teaching center. In particular there was a very attractive young lady who was a sophomore in college. She was from New York. There was a man that attended the center that began pursuing her, but he was definitely not out to do her good.
As soon as her father found out about it, he came from New York and snatched her out of there. We never saw her again. That is what deliver means in this context. Her daddy came in and delivered her from making a big mistake.
So there are situations when the Spirit of God will send someone, or will send you an immediate word from your pastor. Or the spirit of God may tell you right then to get out now.
I don’t know if you have ever been in a situation like that where the spirit of God said to leave now. But if you ever encounter such an ordeal, don’t think about it. Don’t question it. Just leave. Immediately obey. Get yourself out of there as fast as you can. You can think about it later. That snatching away is usually to save your life.
God loves you and He is in the business of saving your life. As you meditate on today’s text, make it your confession of faith. Say, “The Lord snatches me away from danger and I am obedient to His leading.”
Scripture References: Job 5:19-27
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Keith Butler has been an ordained minister since 1974. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and holds diplomas from Canada Christian College and Rhema Bible Training Center.
He serves in ministry with the support of his lovely wife, Pastor Deborah L. Butler, and their children: Pastor Andre Butler (granddaughters Alexis, Angela, and April), Pastor MiChelle Ferguson and husband Pastor Lee (grandson Lucas), and Minister Kristina Jenkins and husband Pastor Joel (grandsons Andrew and Austin, and granddaughter Alyssa).