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. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. (Psalm 91:14-16)
 This awesome psalm concludes with some amazing promises.
- God will deliver us. Notice, we are not promised a dearth of trouble, but deliverance from our troubles.
- God will lift us up when we are downtrodden and downcast.
- God will answer our prayers. We must remember, however, that an answer to prayer is not always an acquiescence—God granting us what we have requested. Indeed, sometimes God’s answer is a refutation of our request and a revelation of His will.
- God will be with us. Although we are not promised life without trouble, we are promised nary a trouble without God.
- God will honor us. Here we have the promise of honor for honor. Those who honor God will be honored by God.
- God will satisfy us. God will make us homesick for Heaven, bringing us to the place where we will be content to leave this life for the life to come.
- God will save us. Here we have the climatic and consummate promise of God, the promise of our faith becoming sight! The salvation we’ve received and by which we are being refined little by little, will at long last be fully revealed to us and realized by us.
To preach the promises of God without specifying to who they are made is like putting a letter into the mail without an address. The content may be excellent and any included remittance most valuable, but its intended is unknown and the parcel undeliverable. The remarkable promises of this remarkable psalm are clearly addressed to its intended recipients, who are clearly identified. They are those who wholeheartedly love God, intimately know God, and constantly call upon God. Are you one of the recipients of the remarkable promises of this remarkable psalm?
Don Walton
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