David tells us of his relationship with the LORD, I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. Psalm 34:4. The things we learn about God from this verse are
- God hears
- God responds when He hears
- God delivers us from ALL of our fears
One of the reasons God hears us is because He stays near to us. God tells us in Jer 23:23, “Am I a God near at hand . . . and not a God afar off?”
Not only does God hear us, but He then does not leave us where we were. God tells us, through the prophet Jeremiah, “Call to me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. Jer. 33:3. Some people like to say that this is God’s telephone number.
In Psalm 40:1-2, we read the Psalmist saying, “I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry. He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps.” We learns some additional things from this verse including:
- I may have to wait for God (I should do so patiently)
- God moves closer to me to hear me and is not unmoved by my cries
- God delivers me from the places that I have allowed myself to fall
- God puts me on a firm spot, a rock (Jesus is the Rock)
- God gets me started on my way and makes paths for me to walk in
In thinking over the scriptures that I wanted to use for this post, I realized that the God who hears makes the best deliverer. The last thing you want in your time of trouble when you are calling out to God is a God who has a hearing impairment. On the other side of the coin, having a God who hears well, but ignores me or makes my deliverance a low priority on His list is also distressing. Praise God that He hears well, sees well and desires to deliver me out of my trouble and calamity. Blessed be the name of the LORD!
Rooted and Grounded 