3-8-2014

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