IS THERE SOMETHING you want God to do for you? According to His Word, there are several things God wants to do for you—good things we all desire. So what’s the catch? You must first set your love upon Him.
PSALM 91:14–15
14 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.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
In these two verses there are five things El Shaddai—the God Who is more than enough—said He will do for the person who sets their love upon Him. God said, “Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I . . .”
- Deliver him.
- Set him on high.
- Answer him.
- Be with him and deliver him.
- Honor him.
We must understand the importance of the simple phrase “I will” or “I shall.”
A leading Hebrew and Greek scholar once addressed a group of us young ministers. He was fluent in 32 languages.
Are you in a difficult situation and there seems to be no way out? God promises you deliverance!
When he visited with us, he explained that there are some things in Greek and Hebrew for which we have no English idiom.
“For instance,” he said, “in John 14:13, where Jesus said, ‘whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do’ the King James Version says, in effect, ‘I will.’ ” In other words, Jesus said, “I will do it.”
This scholar went on to explain, “The translators felt they should use either ‘I will’ or ‘I shall’ because that is the strongest assertion you can make in the English language.” He then read the verse to us in the original Greek. He said, “Now I’m going to translate that literally for you: ‘If you will ask anything in My Name, if I don’t have it, I’ll make it for you’ ”!
Thank God, He can, because He is El Shaddai—the God Who is more than enough!
I was reminded of this incident because in Psalm 91:14–15, God says He “will do” the following five things.
- “I will deliver him.”
The God Who is more than enough is a delivering God!
God told Abraham that his descendants would sojourn in a foreign land for 400 years, but He promised, “I will bring them out with a strong hand.”
God doesn’t forget His promises: 430 years after Israel went to Egypt, God raised up Moses and Aaron to lead them out of bondage—and He brought them out with a strong hand. He is still the same delivering God today.
According to Acts 10:38, “God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”
Satan is the oppressor. Jesus is the deliverer.
- “I will set him on high, because he has known my name.”
We will look at this when we consider the fifth point.
- “He shall call upon me, and I will answer him.”
God has always been a prayer-answering God. Throughout the Bible, He said, “I will answer.” Jeremiah 33:3 says, “Call unto me, and I will answer thee.”
In Isaiah 43:25 God said, “I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.” Then He added, “Put me in remembrance” (v. 26). Remind God of His Word. He is faithful to bring it to pass in your life.
Many New Testament scriptures also prove that God will hear and answer your prayers! He doesn’t want you to worry or be anxious about a thing. Philippians 4:6 (AMPC) says, “Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God.”
Why shouldn’t you fret or have anxiety? Because God is the All-Sufficient One, the One Who never changes and never fails (Heb. 13:8). He is just as able today as He ever was, and He’s concerned about you. That’s why He said, “Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore . . . I will answer him.” And when your love is set upon God, you will never ask anything outside His will. His Word is His will.
- “I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him.”
God didn’t say you wouldn’t have trouble just because you’ve been born again and filled with the Spirit. In fact, He infers that you will have trouble because you’re a Christian.
The world will persecute you, talk about you, and speak evil of you. And the devil, who is the god of this world, will pressure you at every turn. No, God didn’t say we would never have troubles. But He did say, “I will be with him in trouble.” And Psalm 34:19 says, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.”
- “I will honor him.”
God said, “I will honor him” (Ps. 91:15). This is similar in meaning to “I will set him on high,” the second thing God wants to do for us (v. 14). He said He would do these two things for the person who has set his love upon Him.
Are you in a difficult situation and there seems to be no way out? God promises you deliverance! Have you been crying out to God about problems in your life? Thank God, He will answer you when you call upon Him!
No matter what you are going through, God will be with you in trouble. And He will not only be with you, He will also deliver you!
When you set your love upon God and know His Name, He will honor you and set you on high. I don’t know about you, but I want to be set on high where the devil and circumstances and problems of this world can’t touch me!
If your love is set upon God, begin to thank Him for these five promises that He’s given you in His Word. Thank Him and praise Him for delivering you, for setting you on high, for answering you when you call, for being with you in trouble and delivering you, and for honoring you. Thank God for all He is doing in your life!
Author
Kenneth E. Hagin
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