And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call (Joel 2:32).
Whosoever" is a big word, a wide word. As the old-time evangelists used to say: " 'Whosoever' means me." With such a promise as this, why do we not call on the Lord? We have His royal "shall" to make it certain. From any situation, habit, sin, or condemnation there is deliverance in God. The crowd may not find it, but some will. It is "in the remnant whom the Lord shall call." Those whom the Lord calls are to call upon Him.
A Cashier in a New Your bank, a very faithful Christian, could not make his account balance by many thousands of dollars. He had never used a dollar of the bank's funds, nor could he find any error in his accounts. The next day the bank examiner was to look over his books, and he would be declared a defaulter. Early that morning he went to the director's office alone and, in great agony of spirit, pleaded with God for one hour. Suddenly calm came to his troubled heart. As though led by an invisible hand, he went from his knee to the safe. There he noticed a blotter marking a place in one of the account books. Opening its pages, he found items that had not been posted and that made his account balance exactly. That providential discovery vindicated his honesty and showed the faithfulness of God, who said, "Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee" (Ps. 50:15). God's deliverance from sin as well as from trouble is in this promise.
O Lord, because of our great need,
A vast and mighty sum,
We bow and for Thy mercy plead,
Come, great Deliverer, come!
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer" (Ps. 4:1).
Whosoever" is a big word, a wide word. As the old-time evangelists used to say: " 'Whosoever' means me." With such a promise as this, why do we not call on the Lord? We have His royal "shall" to make it certain. From any situation, habit, sin, or condemnation there is deliverance in God. The crowd may not find it, but some will. It is "in the remnant whom the Lord shall call." Those whom the Lord calls are to call upon Him.
A Cashier in a New Your bank, a very faithful Christian, could not make his account balance by many thousands of dollars. He had never used a dollar of the bank's funds, nor could he find any error in his accounts. The next day the bank examiner was to look over his books, and he would be declared a defaulter. Early that morning he went to the director's office alone and, in great agony of spirit, pleaded with God for one hour. Suddenly calm came to his troubled heart. As though led by an invisible hand, he went from his knee to the safe. There he noticed a blotter marking a place in one of the account books. Opening its pages, he found items that had not been posted and that made his account balance exactly. That providential discovery vindicated his honesty and showed the faithfulness of God, who said, "Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee" (Ps. 50:15). God's deliverance from sin as well as from trouble is in this promise.
O Lord, because of our great need,
A vast and mighty sum,
We bow and for Thy mercy plead,
Come, great Deliverer, come!
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer" (Ps. 4:1).
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