Psalms 58-65 Before there were Superheroes, there was God!

June 24th, Psalms 58-65

Deliverer

       A deliverer. The need and the intensity of a deliverer is exponential. God being a shelter or a refuge  creates a different feeling for the moment. A calm peaceful moment. In the movie "Saving Private Ryan" there is the moment in the church, just trying to find a dry place to take a nap, have a respite before being back and engaged in warfare. A shelter.

       A deliverer feels vastly different, a moment in the heat of the battle when someone would cry out "Haste Thee to help me." It is a cry of desperation as my enemy is right upon me. It reminds me of

I Samuel 23. Saul and his men are closing the net around David and his men. Saul is on one side of the mountain, David and his men on the other side. As Saul is getting closer a messenger arrives. The Philistines are attacking.

       A deliverer came that day for David. The way God delivers might never be known to us. It might even be a story where we didn't even know we were in peril. A hedge of angels around us that the prophet sees but the assistant doesn't.

       A deliverer is something needed in the moment, in an instant. Saul's coming, gather your things. Something is pressing, who do I call out for? "My Deliverer is coming. My Deliverer is standing by."

       Superheroes swoop in at the last second to save the day. A made up world because people want these kind of things to be true. Well they are true and God doesn't need a cape and a mask.