Your Rescue

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Rescue ~ Lauren Daigle

“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him;
    I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
He will call on me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble,
    I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life I will satisfy him
    and show him my salvation.”

~ Psalm 91:14-16 NIV

In Lord of the Rings: Two Towers at the battle for Helm's Deep, the soldiers are exhausted. They’ve been fighting all night with no hope of help or rescue in sight. But as dawn breaks, Theoden calls on the king to ride out to meet the battle. On horseback, spurred on only by hope, the men charge out into the think of their enemy. Surrounded on every side, it appears as though their courage has gained them nothing. But look! There, on the hilltop, they see him: Gandalf. With victory in his hand and an army by his side, he charges down in light and glory to defeat the dark enemy and win the battle.

That’s a great battle scene because of the triumphant ending. But in real life, our battles aren’t won in a tidy two- to four-hour timeframe. Most last weeks, months, or years. If the king’s soldiers were ready to give up after just a few hours, how can we be expected to hold on to hope for months or years? Because we have someone greater than Gandalf. We have the King of kings and the Lord of lords and He holds charge over the angel armies. He’s fighting for you in the heavenlies, even when you can’t see it.

Lauren Daigle’s “Rescue” says:

I will send out an army to find you in the middle of the darkest night. It’s true. I will rescue you.

I will never stop marching to reach you in the middle of the hardest fight. It’s true. I will rescue you.

Whether you’re facing the darkness of night or the exhaustion of the hardest fight, you can bet your King, Father God, has already dispatched His angels to fight for you. And you can know that He’s standing and fighting with you.

Don’t give up, oh son, oh daughter. The Lord promises: I will protect him and be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him. I will rescue him.

©Heather Potts 2020