Delightful Deliverance
“ He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me. ” Psalm 18 : 19 KJV There is no doubt that the Lord has unquenchable delight in the deliverance of His beloved, but our desire for quick freedom does often draw a self-centred perspective out of this delight. When Joshua and Caleb responded to this self-centred and rebellious perspective of their colleagues in the Old Testament with “ If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey ( Numbers 14 : 8 )”, it was aimed at highlighting the sacred uniqueness of a delightful deliverance. God’s deliverance is not primarily designed to serve the desperation of His beloved for quick freedom; but rather to satisfy the demonstration of the glory of God. Whenever the glory of God is at stake, it becomes rude and rebellious for the people of God to underestimate the potency of God’s delightful deliverance. Therefore, after the...