Past, Present and Future Deliverance

2 Corinthians 1:8-11
8 For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. 9 Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, 10 who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us, 11 you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many.

I love this passage. In it, Paul is talking about the deliverance that he experienced while in difficulty. At the same time he reflects how the very deliverance they experienced comes from a God who has delivered us in the past, is currently delivering us right now and who will deliver us in the future.

I think this is so practical because as we walk through life we must constantly wait on and believe God for deliverance. We look to the past and we see that He has freed us from the curse of sin and death, we look at our lives currently and we see that He is still working in us and delivering us from the presence of sin today and we look toward a future day when He will deliver us from even the presence of death in heaven. Praise God!