“HE WILL DELIVER US!”

2 Corinthians 1:8-11                     (ESV)

“[8] For we do not want you to be UNAWARE, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so UTTERLY BURDENED beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. [9] Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on GOD WHO raises the dead. [10] HE delivered us from such a deadly peril, and “HE WILL DELIVER US”. On HIM we have set our hope that “HE WILL DELIVER US”. [11] You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.”

For someone who has journeyed the path I have been assigned, hearing “HE WILL DELIVER US” might seem a bit difficult to understand?  When the “brain hemorrhage” first revealed itself to me, I was seemingly dealt a minor setback?  ONE MONTH later I was released from the hospital and spent the next three weeks in Rehab where I was discharged to the applause of the entire staff!

It might have been “assumed” that my word recall would continue to improve, but it hasn’t!  I can carry on a normal conversation, but when it moves too quickly I sometimes have trouble “keeping up”!!

The Apostle Paul had possibly yet to experience his mindset of 2 Timothy 4:6-8?  For him to write “HE WILL DELIVER US” directly after his second letter to Timothy might have been misinterpreted by many.  The Apostle Paul seemingly KNEW that “HE WILL DELIVER US”, but HIS PLAN was different than it was in his second letter to Timothy ?  

I am now able to SEE that HIS PLAN was to slow down my speech so that I would be more selective with my word selection.  When the Apostle Paul wrote “HE WILL DELIVER US”, the PLAN for his life was probably different than in his second letter to Timothy.  GOD IS ABLE to DELIVER us from whatever position we find ourselves in, whenever we need HIM.  Some other day “HE WILL DELIVER US” into our eternal reward to celebrate JESUS around HIS THRONE!!!