And it shall come to pass, that
whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shalt be delivered. (Joel 12:32)
Why do I not call on His name? Why do I run to this
neighbor and that when God is so near and will hear my faintest call? Why do I sit
down and devise schemes and invent plans! Why not at once roll my self and my
burden upon the Lord? Straightforward is the best runner--why do I not run at
once to the living God? In vain shall I look for deliverance anywhere else; but
with God I shall find it.
I need not ask whether I may call on Him or not, for that
word whosoever is a very wide and comprehensive one. Whosoever means me, for it
means anybody and everybody who calls upon God. I will therefore follow the
leading of the text and at once call upon the glorious Lord who had made so
large a promise.
My case is urgent, and I do not see how I am to be
delivered; but this is no business of mine. He who makes the promise will find
out ways and means of keeping it. It is mine to obey His commands; it is not
mine to direct His counsels. I am His servant, not His solicitor. I call upon
Him, and He will deliver me.
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