He shall deliver you from the snare

"Surely he shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler."    [Psalm 91:3]

God delivers His people from the snare of the fowler in two senses. From, and out of. First, He delivers them from the snare, does not let them enter it; and secondly, if they should be caught therein, He delivers them out of it. The first promise is the most precious to some; the second is the best to others.  “He shall deliver you from the snare.”  Trouble is often the means whereby God delivers us. God knows that our backsliding will soon end in our destruction, and He in mercy sends the rod. We say, “Lord, why is this?” not knowing that our trouble have been the means of delivering us from far greater evil. Many have been thus saved from ruin by their sorrows and their crosses; these have frightened the birds from the net. At other times, God keeps His people from the snare of the fowler by giving them great spiritual strength, so that when they are tempted to do evil they say, “How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” [Genesis 39:9]  But what a blessed thing it is that if the believer shall, in an evil hour, come into the net, yet God will bring him out of it! O backslider, be cast down, but do not despair. Wanderer though you have been, hear what your Redeemer said, “Return, you backsliding children [Jeremiah 3:22]; He may have mercy on you [Isaiah 30:18].” But you say you can not return, for you are a captive. Then listen to the promise, “Surely he shall deliver you out of the snare of the fowler,”  you shall yet be brought out of all evil into which you have fallen, and though yoy shall never cease to repent of your ways, yet He that has loved you will not cast you away; He will receive you, and give you joy and gladness, that the bones you have broken may rejoice [Psalm 51:8]. No bird of paradise shall die in the fowler’s net. Hallelujah God bless