Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
(Psalms 91:14-16 KJV)
Because you have known God He will deliver and honor you. With long life He will satisfy you and prove His salvation over and over. Not because you knew about Him or you knew of Him but because you had a close personal relationship with Him! Look at verse 14… Because he has set his love or determined to love Me God says, “I will deliver him.” How many need life insurance? God has so much more and the price for it has already been paid! All we have to do is seek Him first, above all else put Him first, so much so that any other love appears as hate when compared to our love for Christ Jesus.
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
(Luke 14:26 KJV)
Be determined to love God in the good times so that when bad times come you have a life-line to hold onto; because life will bring about many opportunities to be angry at God but do not be fooled into pushing away from God when you need Him most, for that is exactly what the enemy wants. If you have set your love upon God by choosing to love Him in all situations, knowing Him and realizing He is good at all times, then you will be delivered and you will hear God’s answer when you call out to Him. When difficulties, pain, and loss come your way, because you have known God, He will be with you but to those who only call on Him when they have need of Him, they do not know Him and are unsure of their future. They stumble around in the darkness pretending to see, only when they stub their toe or smash their nose does the name of the Lord come across their lips. For their hearts and minds are full of doubt and even though they ask God to deliver them they should not expect to receive anything from the Lord because of the condition of their hearts.
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
(James 1:6-7 KJV)
Their doubt leads to confirmation that nothing of God is known and that He is distant and hard of hearing, for surely God has hid Himself from this person! God is big enough to take it but are you willing to dive to the depths of the soul before you finally look up? The heart that is full of doubt leads the individual to a crossroad and at this point one can completely buy into the lie of the enemy and turn from God or come home as the prodigal son did in Luke 15:11-32. How much better it is to spend time getting to know God because you want to and not wait until you have exhausted every other possible avenue. By the time you see the light your life will have been spent living for yourself and searching for answers that do not exist outside of God’s love for you! You want to make the most of what you have, then live for Christ, loving God above all else and He will deliver you.
