Seize the Moment – Day 1154
Pray in the Day of Trouble!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, May 15.
What loving parents do not wish for their children to call upon them in their day of trouble? When you need to be rescued, to whom do you turn? God desires for it to be Him, as He invites His children to do in Psalm 50:15, “Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.” What a beautiful promise from your Heavenly Father – God wants you to cry out to Him when you are in distress. He wants you to trust Him and to rely upon Him to be there for you in your day of trouble. We find this call for intimacy with God in Psalm 91:14-16:
Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name. He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. With a long life I will satisfy him and let him see My salvation.
Like any loving parent, God would like to protect you from the day of trouble, by showing you how to avoid it in the first place. This is why children are taught to obey and honor their parents in Ephesians 6:1-4 – to avoid the pitfalls of life by learning how to live in the way of blessing! This is the way of a right relationship with God, as taught in Psalm 50:23, “He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; and to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God.” Obey and honor God as your Heavenly Father, and you will walk in His way.
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 50, meditating upon God as your Heavenly Father who desires to rescue you from the day of trouble and put your feet back on solid rock.
God bless you!
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