What do we do when we are in seamlessly hopeless situations? Do we really call on God? Can we really depend on God? Can we really trust in God? These are sobering times we’re living in. Many people have lost jobs and can’t find one. Others are underemployed and are just barely making it. The unemployment rate is soaring, the stock market is highly volatile, and famine is spreading worldwide. Families are losing their homes due to failed mortgages. There are severe droughts, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, and tornadoes. And with turmoil going on in the world people are becoming desperate; even the people of God. What can we do when our backs are against the wall and we have nowhere to turn and we are in serious trouble?
“CALL UPON ME in the day of trouble; I WILL DELIVER YOU, and you shall glorify Me.” (Psa. 50:15) The practice of “CALLING,” which is a form of praying, is DEFINITELY AUDIBLE. In the Bible, the Hebrew word for CALL, is qârâ’: to call out to, to cry to. and the Greek word means to invoke a person, to call a person by name. When did people begin to practice audibly calling on the name of the Lord? “…for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him Enosh. Then men began to CALL (qârâ’) ON THE NAME OF THE LORD.” (Gen. 4:26) God actually desires that we be COMPLETELY dependent upon Him and that we are in DESPERATE need of His help. Think of a human father. What good father would not want his children to turn to him when they need help? Naturally, a father loves it when his children come to him to seek help. There is something special about having someone there for you. God is this true source and He is more reliable than any human father or mother. “…the same Lord over all is RICH TO ALL WHO CALL UPON HIM.” (Rom. 10:12)
Your Personal Pastor -Bill Stockham