(by Pastor Jean)

“Call to Me, and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things” (NKJV; Jer 33:3). The Hebrew word for “call” means a cry for help. We are told that if we call on God for help, He will answer us. David, in Psalm 31:17 was calling on God for help when he was being persecuted by some wicked men. Then in verse 22 we read, “You heard my cry for mercy and answered my call for help” (NLT; see also Ps 18:3,4; 50:15). There are numerous verses in Psalms where the Psalmist called out to God for help and God delivered him. The prophet Isaiah urges us to “Call on Him now while He is near” (NLT). Joel likewise tells us that, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” (Joel 2:32; NLT). Then we read the New Testament equivalent of this verse in Rom 10:13, where Paul quotes those very words of Joel. (That is how we become a Christian, by simply calling on God to save us). Jesus of course taught us to call out to God but he used the word “pray” and He said that when we pray, we can be assured of an answer (John 17:7,16). There are times in life when circumstances become overwhelming and all we can do is cry out to God for help, knowing that we do not have the answers. Always remember that God does have the answer and He is wanting to help us. Do what the word says and, “call on God” and leave the rest to Him.