Each of us have our own needs, and with those needs comes that which will deliver us. There is no cookie cutter response with the LORD as to our deliverance. Our conversations with the LORD should reflect this and we should be asking simply for Hid deliverance as opposed to some specific response.

“¹Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men;

preserve me from violent men,”

“¹²I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted,

and will execute justice for the needy.”

— Psalm 140:1 & 12 (ESV)

It is easy for me to pray that the LORD provide that which my neighbor received. The thing is, my needs are not the same as my neighbor, and the reality is that my neighbor was likely praying for deliverance and the result is God’s response in their time of need. Had I been in the same situation with the same need, the LORD would likely have provided in an entirely different way.

It is about the relationship I have with the LORD as to the deliverance that is provided to me. I may not have a physical need to be met, it may only be an emotional one. I have to ask for deliverance and be on the look out for it to come in any possible way.

“¹³Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name;

the upright shall dwell in your presence.”

— Psalm 140:13 (ESV)

And there is the process. I am to “give thanks” in the name of the LORD and know that when I “dwell” in Him, He will provide exactly what is needed for me to be delivered. Deliverance will be different things for different people. It is in our relationship with the LORD that we will be able to recognize our need and ask for deliverance as the will of the LORD.

Lori has a step brother who was headed down a challenging path in life through high school. He needed delivery. So, he joined the Navy to get out of the situation he was in. He took action and was delivered. A few years later he returned home for a few days and found and recognized himself leaning toward the challenges he had been delivered from and he promptly left to escape once again.

The LORD will provide for our needs and we have to remember that no matter how similar they may be to another, the deliverance will be unique to us, based on God’s plan for our lives. And, we have to understand that deliverance will likely not be passive on our end, we will have to take action. Thinking of Lori’s stepbrother, he was delivered thanks to his action to leave. The leaving may have been difficult, yet that was the deliverance provided by God.

What is your thoughts on deliverance? Are you looking for things to change, yet be the same, either in life or like your neighbor? What if you were to dwell in the LORD and open your heart to the action He would have for you to be delivered?