Words from Psalm 50 v 14-15 a psalm by Asaph, reads,' Sacrifice thank offerings to God,fulfil your vows to the most high,and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you,and you will honour me'. Consider the opening words,'Sacrifice thank offerings to God',now we don't sacrifice animals',but let us take the meaning,so what thank offering can we offer to God?. Romans 12 v 1 reads,'in view of God's mercy,offer your bodies as living sacrifice ,holy and pleasing to God'. In light of what we owe God it is the least we should give,as Isaac Watts wrote,'Love so amazing so divine ,demands my soul,my life ,my all. Next let us consider the following ,'Call upon Me in the day of trouble,I will deliver you,' what a clear emphatic promise from God,there are no ifs ,or buts about it,it is declaring a certainity,it will not fail to happen,He will not go back on His word,what He says he will do,we can count on it. Standing outside the burial place of a friend called Lazarus,He told his sister Martha ,'Your brother will rise again',she thought He was speaking of the general resurrection.,So there came a point when He told them to take away the stone that covered the entrance were His friend was.All Martha could think of was the decomposing body of her brother,but Jesus said to her,'Did I not tell you that if you would believe,you will see the glory of God',and they did.
The same Jesus is saying to you ,
call upon me,I will deliver you'.
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