Call!

Call!

Joel 2:32a AMP

[32] “And it shall come about that whoever calls on the name of the Lord Will be saved [from the coming judgment] 

Acts 2:21 AMP

[21] ‘And it shall be that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord [invoking, adoring, and worshiping the Lord Jesus] shall be saved (rescued spiritually).’

Romans 10:13 AMP

[13] For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord [in prayer] will be saved.”

Three different passages of the Bible, with words pronounced by three different people.  Three different verses from three different writers, but the same message. Different generations and dispensations, but the same message. It is clear that we are dealing with a God who will not lower His standards for anyone. We deal with a God of consistency in what He says and does. What He called sin under Adam is a sin under Peter, and is still a sin in our own generation too. That is why God can be trusted to keep His Word. That is why men and women of old held on to Him, and they were not disappointed. Have you met this God? 

As mentioned above, God introduces himself to every generation. He leaves his handprint and footprint all through creation. He makes clear that He is the God of all creation, and He seeks men who will sincerely seek Him too. 

That is the goal of creation: that the created may seek out and worship the Creator. If we look and consider deep enough all the things that surround us, we will see clearly the hand of God in everything. We then have a choice to make: Do we embrace this God, the Creator of all things, or do we pursue our own devices and schemes? We must note that whatever action we take has both earthly and eternal consequences. Consider well before you act.

As it has been made clear several times, God does not force Himself on anyone, and He will not go against the exercise of my freewill. He wants to consider who He is in the light of the information He has provided, and He waits for my response. I can be sure that if I choose Him, I have no earthly or eternal regrets. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Those who chose Him in Joel's days saw the hand of God move mightily. This was the time when Joel prophesied about the coming of the Holy Spirit. Peter was privileged to experience the Holy Spirit, and his first Sermon following that encounter led to the conversation of 3,000 souls. 

Paul also had an encounter with this same God, and He wrote to His audience too about this God who seeks men to submit to, worship and serve Him. The promise in all the verses is the same: there is a God willing, ready and able to answer ALL who call upon His name. You see: God is not looking for ready-made vessels; He is able to take just about anyone, clean him up, equip him, and then launch him out into the world for exploits and impact. As I have now come to know who God is, and what He desires from me, am I willing and ready to call? Salvation lies at the end of my call. Judgment and eternal separation are at the end of my silence. Would you call? God's time of favour is here.