911 Call to God

"call upon me in your day of trouble, I will deliver you.."(Psalm 50:15)

As a child, when I awoke in the middle of the night sick or scared, I'd call out to my parents. It wasn't an eloquent call, praising them or specifically requesting something of them. It was a demanding call of one word, loudly and drawn out. I simply called out, "MOOOMM or DAAAD!"

That was all I needed to say to get them to my bedside in a hurry. Once there, they would quickly assess the situation, chase the boogey man out from under my bed or give me an aspirin or cough medicine and soon I would be sleeping peacefully.

I called out to God that way...the way He directs us to call to Him in Psalm 50:15. My fears and confusion were so overwhelming that all I could do was cry out to God like a child waking from a nighmare calls a parent. I simply cried out.."G000D!"

Shortly after calling out to God my phone rang. It was a dear sister in the Lord calling to see how I was doing. She was out of town but had been thinking of me all day she said. In the middle of a visit with friends, she could no longer resist God's prompting in her heart and she excused herself to call and check in on me.

We shared stories over the phone and ended our conversation praising God together for His faithfulness.

Are you overwhelmed by the boogey men in your life? Do you need special medicine?

Call out to God and don't worry about being eloquent or proper, just call out like you did as a child. Your Heavenly Father will send just the help you need. And he will deliver you.

Sherry Motola

(Reprinted with permission from Anchor Your Life.com)