God Knows Whom to Deliver, When to Deliver Them, and How to Deliver Them

The godly are tempted and tried. Faith that is never tested is not true faith. But the godly are delivered from their trials, and this is not by chance or through secondary agents, but by the Lord Himself. He personally takes on the task of delivering those who trust in Him. God loves the godly who follow Him, and He makes it His business to know where they are and how they are doing.

Sometimes their path seems like a labyrinth, and they cannot imagine how they will escape the danger threatening them. He knows whom to deliver, when to deliver them, and how to deliver them. He delivers in the way that is most beneficial to the godly, most crushing to the tempter, and most glorifying to Himself. We can leave the "how" to the Lord and be content to rejoice in the fact that, one way or another, He will bring His own people through all the dangers, trials, and temptations of this mortal life, to the glory of His own right hand.

Today it is not for me to pry into my Lord’s secrets, but to wait patiently for His time, knowing this: though I know nothing, my heavenly Father does know.

Source: Faith’s Checkbook. Translated by Allan Roman.