He is Able to Deliver Thee

‘Tis the grandest theme through the ages rung; 

’Tis the grandest theme for a mortal tongue; 

’Tis the grandest theme that the world e’er sung, 

“Our God is able to deliver thee.”

 

He is able to deliver thee, He is able to deliver thee; 

Though by sin oppressed, go to Him for rest; 

“Our God is able to deliver thee.”

’Tis the grandest theme in the earth or main; 

’Tis the grandest theme for a mortal strain; 

’Tis the grandest theme, tell the world again, 

“Our God is able to deliver thee.”

 

’Tis the grandest theme, let the tidings roll, 

To the guilty heart, to the sinful soul; 

Look to God in faith, He will make thee whole,

 “Our God is able to deliver thee.”

Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.  

He is Able

A cursory reading of these verses might give a person the impression that God was just sitting on His throne, twiddling His fingers, and waiting for Israel to do something. But God had already begun to act. He had ensured that Moses would live through the slaughter of the Israelite children. He had directed the little ark into the hands of the Pharaoh's daughter. He had ensured that Moses would receive the benefit of a tremendous education, the best kind of secular education that one could receive at that time. He had put thoughts in Moses' mind that he could be Israel's deliverer. He had spared Moses' life when the Pharaoh tried to take it. He had prompted Moses to flee the land and led him into the wilderness to the family of Jethro. He had given Moses the time and the opportunity to continue his preparation for leading His people out of Egypt.

Who initiated all this? Certainly not the children of Israel! God did! We find all the way back in the book of Genesis that God had already prophesied that in about 400 years, he would move to bring the children of Abraham out of a captivity, which He also arranged. Could God—who does not change, who sets patterns in His Word so that we will understand—ensure, long before we were born, that there would be a way prepared for his people at the end time? We know very well He could—and did.

How did Israel get out of Egypt? Not through any rebellion, revolution, intelligence, or negotiations on their part. They got out because God wanted them out. It was part of His purpose. Author Unknown