Call On Me In The Day Of Trouble

"Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me." (1)

God invites us to call on Him when threatened, discouraged, perplexed and in need. He encourages us to be instant in prayer. As soon as difficulties arise, we are to come to Him with our sincere, earnest requests. By our urgent and persistent prayers we give evidence of our confidence in Him. The sense of our need leads us to pray earnestly and our heavenly Father is moved by our supplications.

When discouraged and it seems that the world or someone significant to us is against us, we often are tempted to think that God has forsaken or abandoned us. At such times make your requests known to God in prayer and trust Him for His guidance. Do not violate your conscience. Do what is right to the best of your knowledge and as you look back on the situation, sometimes years later, you will see that God has not forsaken or abandoned you. He has helped you through difficult times. He has suffered on our behalf, and has born our sorrows and afflictions and has not forsaken us.

All who are afflicted or unjustly treated, lay your burdens at the feet of Jesus. Turn away from those whose hearts are as hard as steel and make your requests known to your Creator, the One who loves you. Whoever comes to God with a sincere and contrite heart is never repulsed. Our requests to God may be inaudible to any human ear, but they reach the throne of the Master of the universe. Our petitions rise above the noise of the street, above the confusion of the crowds to the courts of heaven. It is God to whom we are speaking, and our prayer is heard.

"You who feel the most unworthy, fear not to commit your case to God. When He gave Himself in Christ for the sin of the world, He undertook the case of every soul. 'He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?' (2) Will He not fulfill the gracious word given for our encouragement and strength?

"Christ desires nothing so much as to redeem His heritage from the dominion of Satan. But before we are delivered from Satan's power without, we must be delivered from his power within... There is no danger that the Lord will neglect the prayers of His people. The danger is that in temptation and trial they will become discouraged, and fail to persevere in prayer." (3)

1. Psalm 50:15.
2. Romans 8:32.
3. Christ's Object Lessons, p. 174.