When it comes to our troubles—in some cases trouble so tenacious it’s become our identity—only the Lord can deliver us from trouble we’re in. And he will. Recall this encouragement from two weeks ago: “You need to get ready. Where you are is not permanent. Where you’ve been isn’t where you’re going.” God may not do it in the way we’d do it, but he hasn’t forgotten us and he is going to do it. Thus the psalmist sings (Ps. 130:7b), “…keep waiting on the Lord, for he is tenderhearted, kind, and forgiving. He has a thousand ways to set you free!”