Benefits of a Relationship with Our Great Deliverer

Psalm 34:15-16

Recall that David commanded believers in v.13 to “keep the tongue from evil and the lips from speaking guile.” Here in vv. 15-16, he recognized God’s eyes, ears, and face. “The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry” (v.15). His face is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth (v.16). 

The righteous are blessed; they fear the Lord, obey, and honor Him with their lives. Therefore, He intently watches them, never withdrawing His eyes from them. David declared that God’s ears are open to His children. He listens to their prayers, and He answers them. Our Father knows what we stand in need of before we ask Him (Matt. 6:8). “And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he hears us” (1John 5:14): “And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him” (1John 5:15).

Then there are those who do evil. Being an all-seeing God means the same God that sees the righteous and accepts them also sees the evildoers and rejects them. John said that the one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who refuses to believe the Son will not see life, but God’s anger, because evil remains on him (John 3:36, Amplified Bible). God hears your cry for help; if you trust Him and accept His conditions, He will deliver you.

Give Him praise. Shout, “Glory!”