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Mensa Otabil - The Promise of Deliverance


Mensa Otabil - The Promise of Deliverance
TOPICS: Word to Go, Deliverance

Welcome to day number 29 of our 40 days of power. We trust God to walk us through, to guide us, to lead us, and to preserve us. As you know, this week we are talking about claiming the promises of God, and today we focus on God’s promise of deliverance. The Lord is a deliverer. Jeremiah chapter 15, verses 20 and 21: «And I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall, and they will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you to save you and deliver you, says the Lord. I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you from the grip of the terrible».

This is an affirmation of the promise that God made to Jeremiah when He called him to do His work. Jeremiah was a very young man when God called him; he hadn’t really started to be an adult prophet, but God called him and sent him to his people. Jeremiah’s task was very difficult because he was supposed to go and call the people to repentance-from the king to the nobles to the people-telling them to repent and warning them that if they didn’t repent, there would be trouble, and they would go into captivity. Can you imagine the scope and fear of this young man knowing this burden that God had given him to go out and speak in his nation to all the powerful people? So when God called Jeremiah, He told him, «I’ll protect you.»

Now in chapter 15, Jeremiah has started his ministry and is receiving a lot of threats. So God comes back to Jeremiah and says, «Listen, I will protect you. I told you at the beginning I would protect you, and I will still protect you in the middle of the road.» Just to let you know, if God told you He would protect you from the beginning, He will still protect you when the going gets tough. His word doesn’t change because of the circumstances you’re going through.

So here He says, «I will protect you.» There are three things that God says to Jeremiah. First, He says, «I will make you a fortified bronze wall.» That means that I will make you so strong that you will look like a wall made of bronze. No one can go through you. They can come with their battering rams; they can come pushing against you, but they can’t break through you. I have made you a fortified bronze wall. I believe God is saying the same word to you: I have made you a fortified bronze wall. They will come against you, but they cannot break through you.

Then the second thing that God says to Jeremiah is, «They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you.» Interestingly, God did not say they can’t fight against you or they won’t fight against you or that He would stop them from fighting against you. God says, «They will fight against you.» You will see the fight; you will see the battle; you will see the struggle, but they will not prevail against you. So we can also affirm this promise that God made to Jeremiah-that those who fight against us, evil people and conspirators who fight against us, will fight. That’s the best they can do, but they can’t win. They cannot be victorious; they will not prevail. They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you. That is a promise from God of His deliverance and protection for us.

Then God says to Jeremiah, «I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked.» Jeremiah’s world was full of wicked people. There were people who plotted evil at night and implemented it by day, and just as Jeremiah’s world was full of wicked people, our world is also full of wicked people. As you stand innocently living your life, somebody may hate you; somebody may not want you to do well and may be planning, plotting, and scheming to get you. But God says, «I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked.» I don’t know who that wicked person is, but whoever they are, God will deliver you. That’s a sure promise of God.

And the fourth thing He says to Jeremiah in the passage we read is, «I will redeem you from the grip of the terrible.» It means that some terrible people are going to hold you, but when they hold you, I will take you from their grip. I will take you from their control. Why did God say this to Jeremiah? Because for doing His work, Jeremiah was arrested and put through all kinds of hardships, but God delivered him and freed him. Today, just as He did for Jeremiah, He is doing for us; He is our God of deliverance. May the Lord deliver you and give you victory.

Let’s pray. Say with me, «Heavenly Father, You are my deliverance. I trust in You for full protection and deliverance from all attacks. In Jesus' name, Amen and Amen.» The Lord is your deliverer, and He will keep you strong and safe. I am Pastor Mensa Otabil. Shalom, peace, and life to you.