“I WILL CALL UPON YOU!”

 

Psalm 17:6-7                          (ESV)

    “[6] “I WILL CALL UPON YOU”, FOR YOU WILL ANSWER ME, O GOD;

        INCLINE YOUR EAR TO ME; HEAR MY WORDS. 

    [7] Wondrously show YOUR steadfast love,

        O SAVIOR of those who seek refuge

        from their adversaries at YOUR right hand.”

Like many of the Psalms, this one has a statement written by King David, “a man after GOD’s OWN heart” (1 Samuel 13:14) stating his BELIEF that GOD will hear his prayers!  For the earthly dweller, relying on the things of earth to deliver us from entrapments that can seem to be earthly, but are originated by the SPIRITUAL.  And when the totality of our complexities are considered, WHO else would we prefer to communicate with about our trials than our CREATOR???

King David only lived for 70 years on earth.  He didn’t have a long tenure as a Ruler, but he IS/WAS considered “a man after GOD’s OWN HEART” (1 Samuel 13:14) by most people, but more importantly by GOD ALMIGHTY.  What more can a human desire than to have THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSES to actually LISTEN to them when we approach HIM?  WHO else would we prefer than to have the ONE WHO SPOKE these worlds into existence (Romans 4:16-25)?  

Yet we get so concerned with “the cares of this world” that we place our FAITH in earthly things and seemingly forget ALL ABOUT the CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSES patiently waiting for us to “pull over” and converse with HIM!  “I WILL CALL UPON YOU”, FOR YOU WILL ANSWER ME, O GOD; INCLINE YOUR EAR TO ME; HEAR MY WORDS” is what King David KNEW GOD to be!  But even he needed to be reminded that “I WILL CALL UPON YOU” was THE option that he needed to rely upon!

“I WILL CALL UPON YOU” needs to be our priority, not our failsafe!  For me, I get so caught up in GETTING THINGS DONE QUICKLY that I fail to SEE JESUS just waiting for me to PULL OVER and “I WILL CALL UPON YOU”!  FATHER IN HEAVEN, cause this humble servant to keep at the forefront of my mind to say “I WILL CALL UPON YOU” and not keep it as a reflex to calamity!!!