Good Morning to All,
Psalm
4:3; “But know that the Lord
has set apart the godly for himself; the Lord
hears when I call to him.”
I
send these emails out on Yahoo. Every
time I log in there seems to be an advertisement for a cellular phone. The biggest thing I see now is for the “4G.” Apparently this is the one I am supposed to
get. Every so often there is an ad for an
iPhone but not very often. It seems that
the most common ad is for Verizon. This
is the one where they compare the coverage of the different carriers.
They have had the ad on TV a short time
back. They showed the coverage area and
then the person was supposed to guess what the shape was. Of course only Verizon had enough signal
coverage to show that the map was of the United States. According to the map, I should be able to go
anywhere in the United States and if I called you; you should be able to hear
me now. However, I bet if I go to a
place like Hope, South Dakota or maybe Mahto, South Dakota; it could get
difficult to hear me. The coverage could
be a little weak there.
Of course we can have trouble just about
anywhere. If you travel down a hill into
a valley it can get kind of spotty.
Sometimes the weather can be fickle as well. Of course my biggest trouble is that my
battery is usually weak. So then I have
trouble with that. All in all, the
cellphone is a handy gadget but I really hate having to rely on something that
works most of the time. You wonder if it
will work when you really, really need it.
Fortunately, when we really need to place a
call to God He always hears us. This is
his promise to us as his dear children.
He will always hear us and, when we pray in faith, he will answer
us. Sometimes this takes the form as a
quieting of our fears or a release of the stress that we feel at the time. By giving our fears a voice and speaking them
to God, he will calm us. He will guide
us to see that, while the problems look big now, they are never bigger than
God. This is part of God’s answer to
us. It isn’t a bolt of lightning that
flashes across the sky rather it is the peaceful calm that God, and only God,
can give us. The peace that the world
cannot give.
So we can and should call to God in all
trouble and in all sorrows. We should
call to God to guide us, guard us and to protect and to give us peace. He is never out of range and we are never out
of his coverage area and the wonderful thing is that the battery is never dead. God hears you when you pray; so pray. God wants you to pray to him; so pray. God uses prayer to give you comfort and
peace; so pray. It is one of his
greatest gifts that he gives to you so don’t be afraid to use it.
Gracious
Lord, you hear us when we pray even when the words do not flow you look into
our heart and hear us. Give us the
courage to come to you often with our hopes and fears, our wants and our
needs. Be with those who are especially
in need of your mercy. Cause them to
call upon you so that they may receive your peace. In Jesus’ precious name we pray, amen
God’s Peace,
Pastor Bret
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