Calling God -- August 24, 2009

'Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'
Jeremiah 33:3

In this verse call means to recognize the position of person and who you are calling -- the call is based on who is being called. We need to base our prayers on Who we are calling not what we need. Jesus promises us that He will answer with resources we don't know about. We think we know how we want Him to answer our prayers, but we don't know all the possibilities. I love David's declaration in 2 Sam 22:4 David-- I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. I will call on the God of the universe because of His worth and because He is able to save!

In I Kings 18, Elijah that prince of prophets asked the Jewish people to choose which God they were serving. Which God they would pray to? His plan was simple. Call upon Yahweh and Baal and see who would answer. Then they could choose once and for all who they would cry out to. Elijah gave them every advantage. He let them go first. He let them choose the sacrifice and they outnumbered him 850 to one. The crowd was unsupportive, he had to rebuild the altar, and he even poured water on the altar, drenching it. Of course we know looking back that the prophets of Baal were unable to rouse their false god to answer and they wore themselves out. Yahweh answered with fire in adverse conditions and all the people fell down and said Yahweh, He is God. Who do we trust? Who do we call to? As we approach Jesus each day, I challenge us to search our hearts and make sure that we trust Him alone.

Yahweh, You are my God!

Pastor Jason