From Point A To Point B

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

James 1:12

If you see a large brown truck with yellow lettering in your neighborhood, you know why it’s there. UPS is delivering. Delivery is the process of moving something or someone from point A to point B in the physical world. And it means almost the same in the spiritual world.

The members of the “deliver” family of words appear 553 times in the New King James Version of the Bible. It would not be unfair to say that the Bible is all about deliverance. In the largest sense, every Christian has experienced the ultimate form of moving from point A (“the power of darkness”) to point B (“the kingdom of the Son of His love”) (Colossians 1:13). But think of all the other ways we continually need God’s deliverance after being saved: deliverance from enemies, disease, Satan’s attacks, temptation, lethargy, carnality. That’s why Jesus taught His disciples to continually pray for deliverance from Satan and all his attempts to derail our walk with Christ.

When was the last time you prayed for God to deliver you from the evil one? If it wasn’t today, you may want to stop and pray.

Salvation is not deliverance from hell alone, it is deliverance from sin.

C. H. SPURGEON