"Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know"- Jeremiah 33:3 (NIV).
Anyone who has grown up around any urban areas will have noticed a trait common among members of the Mohammedan faith. They normally indulge in loud calls to their God early morning. In Uganda there was such an incident once where the noise of these early call was too much that an army General decided to relocate to other suburbs with more strict noise control. Needless to say if you are not a Moslem and then you wake up to these calls often broadcast through some amplified speaker they can be nauseating.
Christians have a God whom they need not worry about calling wether in the morning, at noon or late evening, to the annoyance of their neighbours. Moreover they don't need loudspeakers. At anytime one can call up our God. For he says, "Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you" (Jeremiah 29:12).
To call upon someone can be a result of certain instances. Usually people will call their best friends when in trouble to help them out. But there are also cases where one calls out to a friend not just because he is in trouble but knows the friend is there and willing to listen.
Now our God answers to both. If we happen to be in trouble, He says, "and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me" (Psalm 50:15). However, it is not just trouble. As Christians we have a God whom we can call anytime, "Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I shall call upon Him as long as I live" (Psalm 116:2).
Today, therefore, rise and call up to God for any situation. "Oh give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples" (Psalm 105:1).
Prayer for today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, today I rise to call upon you through the day assured you are ever there ready to listen to me and deliver, this I pray in Jesus's name.
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06/05/2024 - 07/05/2024 All day“Do not confirm to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is- his good, pleasing and perfect will” (Romans 12:2)
Almost all cultivators are aware that if soils are used perpetually without rains but constantly under work they are deprived of all nutrients. So, though once productive, they lose all power to yield fresh crops as before. But so is our Christian life when we do not regularly feed our spirit life with the Word!
In our leading verse, the Apostle Paul is urging believers to “renew” their minds rather than make them stale, lest they end up losing all power to yield fruit. But how is this done? We renew our minds by constantly reading the Word of God, for there are always insights with God speaking to us afresh. Psalm 119:104-5 says, “I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path. Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” The Apostle Peter reminds us, “Like newborn babies hungry for milk, you should want the pure teaching that feeds your spirit. With it you can grow and be saved.” It is a beautiful illustration for any who have seen a hungry baby sucking the teats of a mother.
Renewing our minds is also by reading about the lives of people of faith who have walked before us and their created works. The Christian faith started in the first century after Jesus was crucified and resurrected from the dead. Now over two millenniums it has produced giants of faith who have shared their walk with God through inspired teachings that are a treasure to dig into. By scouring the writings of the great saints before us, listening to their recorded sermons, songs and preaching, which these days can be found on virtual medial channels like Yu tube, reading their biographies, our faith is renewed.
And then we also renew our faith through fellowship. When the Apostle Paul urges us, “not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching” ( Hebrews 10:25), he is reminding us that our faith cannot grow in isolation. During the Covid pandemic lockdown one bitter issue was denying Believers opportunity to meet fellow followers of Christ to share testimonies showing the work of God in their lives.
So today, if your faith is on a low keel, or you want it to flower, one thing you can’t help doing without is “renewing” your mind. The blessings to unfold are endless.
Prayer for today:Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, what a treasure we have of your rich Word to dig into always; books around us of faith to inspire us; and believers to share our faith- may we make use of these, this I pray in Jesus’ name.
