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January 24, Morning

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler." — Psalm 91:3 · KJV

God delivers His people from the snare of the fowler in two senses: from it, and out of it. First, He keeps them from the snare, not letting them enter it; and second, if they are caught in it, He delivers them out. To some the first promise is the most precious; to others the second is best. "He shall deliver thee from the snare." How? Trouble is often the means. God knows our backsliding will soon end in ruin, and in mercy He sends the rod. We ask, "Lord, why is this?" — not knowing that our trouble has delivered us from far greater evil. Many have been saved from destruction by their sorrows and their crosses, which frightened the birds from the net. At other times God keeps His people from the snare by giving great spiritual strength, so that when tempted to evil they say, "How can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?" But what a blessed thing that if the believer should, in an evil hour, fall into the net, God will still bring him out! O backslider, be cast down, but do not despair. Wanderer though you have been, hear what your Redeemer says: "Return, O backsliding children; I will have mercy upon you." But you say you cannot return, for you are a captive. Then listen to the promise: "Surely He shall deliver thee out of the snare of the fowler." You shall yet be brought out of all the evil into which you have fallen; and though you will never cease to repent of your ways, He who has loved you will not cast you away. He will receive you and give you joy and gladness, that the bones He has broken may rejoice. No bird of paradise shall die in the fowler's net.