Psalms 34:6
Psalms 34:6 says, This
poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
In Psalms 34 we are taught about the deliverance
that only Jesus can give. The reason that people do not turn to Jesus is
because they are blind spiritually. They do not see their need to trust in him.
Jesus said in Matthew 5:3, Blessed are the poor in
spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
There is physical trouble and there is spiritual
trouble. Jesus can deliver you from both. Of course the worst kind of trouble
is the spiritual trouble that all men are in because of their sins. God is
holy. God judges sin. Romans 6:23 says, For the
wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ
our LORD. Those who turn to Jesus in prayer, those who turn to Jesus
for deliverance from their troubles can be confident that He will hear them and
save them.
The word, poor
used here in Psalms 34:6 can also mean humble. To be humble is the opposite of
prideful. A prideful person does not admit their sins to God or repent of them.
A prideful person resists the will of God and does not cry unto the LORD to
deliver him out of his troubles.
Psalms 34:7 says, The
angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that
fear him, and delivereth them. A person who
is poor in spirit is also a person who fears God. One of the great benefits of
trusting in the only one true and living GOD, Jehovah, the I AM THAT I AM, Jesus Christ, is the deliverance
that God is always willing and able to provide for you. Jesus died for your sins and defeated death
when He rose from the grave. He certainly can deliver you from any other
situation as well.
The phrase, the angel of the LORD
refers to Jesus Christ. The word angel means messenger. The greatest messenger
about God is God himself. John 1:1 says, In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.
John 1:14 says, And the Word was made flesh, and
dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of
the Father,) full of grace and truth.
One of the most important messages that God wants
his children to remember is that Jesus is always with them, guiding them and
protecting them. He will never leave them nor forsake them. Jesus said in
Hebrews 13:5, Let your conversation be without
covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I
will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Joshua 1:5 says, There shall not any man be able
to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will
be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Psalms 34:7 says, The
angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that
fear him, and delivereth them. Once you turn
from your sins and turn to Jesus, Jesus will always be with you. This is why
you can stand alone against the whole world. Because you are not alone if you
are on Jesus side then you are on the side of righteousness and truth because
Jesus is the truth and Jesus is your righteousness. The message of the Bible is
a message of deliverance to all those whom cry unto Christ with humble hearts.
Psalms 34:8 says, O
taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
You dont need experience to know that Jesus is
faithful to his promises and that Jesus is merciful and gracious to those that
trust in him. You can learn these truths from Gods Word. But experience will
teach you these things. Life will teach
you that the LORD is good. The many people that go through life and do not see
these truths are people who do not have faith in Christ or His promises.
Romans 8:32 says, He
that spared not his own son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not
with him also freely give us all things? James 1:17 says, Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and
cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither
shadow of turning. O taste and see that the LORD is good. All good
things come from God. God sent His only son to die for your sins that you might
have eternal life. Jesus loves you. Jesus will never forsake you. Jesus keeps
his promises. Jesus has mercy and grace for all those whom trust in him.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in him. Have you tasted
and seen the deliverance that Jesus gives?
Psalms 34:9-10 says, O
fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to
them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that
seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
To fear God and to seek God go hand in hand. A
person who fears God will repent of their sins and trust in Jesus Christ
because Jesus is God. A person who does not fear God will rely upon their own
strength. But even those who think they are strong are not. That is why these
words in Psalms 34 say, the young lions do lack, and suffer hunger. All good
things come from God. God sends the rain on the just and the unjust. God owns
the cattle on a thousand hills. The earth is Gods creation. If you trust in
Jesus He will provide for your needs for however long you are on this earth.
They that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. In other words those who
trust in Jesus will have their needs met.
Psalms 34:11-14 says, Come,
ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. What man
is he that desireth life, and loveth
many days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from
evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek
peace, and pursue it.
A fear of God will result in a person living the
amount of time that they should live on this earth. One
reason that so many on this earth have their lives cut short is because they
throw away their opportunities to trust in Jesus. They reject the truth.
They go the way of sin instead of righteousness and God judges them. The end of
sin is death. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many
days, that he may see good?
One
characteristic of a person that fears God has to do with what they say. Those
who do not fear God often take Gods name in vain rampantly and use the name of
Jesus Christ as a curse word. Those who do not fear God often are liars.
Honesty begins in a person when they are willing to face the truth about their
own sins and confess them to Jesus Christ. Until then a person is a liar. The
fear of the LORD is to, keep thy tongue from evil,
and thy lips from speaking guile. James 1:26 says, If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth
his own heart, this mans religion is vain. God gave man speech so that
he could both praise God and speak things that are true and pure and good. You
will find very few people in this world who are honest people, who both praise
God and do not slander other men in their speech. An evil tongue and a tongue
full of lies can bring a person great sorrow in life. It can even result in a
persons time on this earth being cut short. Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy
lips from speaking guile. To do these things is to have a fear of the LORD.
Depart from evil, and
do good; seek peace, and pursue it. To depart means, To turn aside.
The same word is used in the story of Moses and the burning bush which says in
Exodus 3:3, And Moses said, I will now turn aside,
and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
In other words to depart from evil is the
principle of separation. Separation begins when a person turns from their sins
to Jesus Christ for salvation. This is the reason some people that claim to be
Christians fail to separate from false teaching, the lifestyles and activities
of the people of the world, they never truly departed from evil in the first
place by trusting in Jesus of Nazareth for salvation. Those who fear God will
depart from evil. They will be in the world but not off the world. This is the
meaning of the word church, to be called out of.
Second Corinthians 6:17 says, Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will
receive you. Light and darkness do not mingle. Oil and water do not
mingle. The child of God and the child of wrath do not mingle either. Some of
the best verses in the Bible regarding the principle of separation are found in
Psalms 1:1-2 which says, Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth
in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in
his law doth he meditate day and night. In other words you are not
truly separating from the world, the philosophies of the world, the sinful
influences of the world, and the wicked men of this world unless you are
feeding upon the Word of God. Romans 10:17 says, Faith
comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.
If you put darkness in a room full of light the
darkness will disappear. If you put light in a room full of darkness the
darkness will flee from it. Knowing Gods Word, believing Gods Word, and
feeding upon Gods Word is the most important principle to be able to, depart from evil, and do good.
If you have never been, called out if
you have never been separated from your sins then listen to the words of God
today. Jesus, the only begotten Son, was separated from God the father on the
cross of Calvary when he died for the sins of the world so that those whom
trust in him can be separated from their sins and separated from the world:
separated unto eternal life. Taste and see that the LORD is good. Jesus gives
deliverance to those that trust in Him.
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