I Call, He Comes

Joel 2:32 says, “But everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved, for some on Mount Zion and Jerusalem will escape, just as the Lord has said. These will be among the survivors from the Lord has called.”

To “call” upon the name of the Lord implies right faith to call upon Him as He is… leaning upon Him… with right devotion. Whoever, in true faith, has in this life, “worshiped God” shall be delivered.

Delivered means freed, released, transferred or transmitted, rescued. When we call upon the Lord, we escape the terrors that await those who reject the truth.

Luke 21:36 tells us, “Keep alert at all times. And pray that you might be strong enough to escape these coming horrors and stand before the Son of Man.”

And calling on Him is not only to be done with words, but with the heart and with action also. For what the heart believes, the mouth confesses, and the hand in action fulfills.

Our good God will never deny us if we call upon His name. We can test Him in this. He’s bringing deliverance upon us even now!

Charles Spurgeon says, “When the need of deliverance shall apparently be increased, the abundance of salvation shall increase with it. Fear not the direst of all wars, the bitterest of all famines, the deadliest of all plagues; for still, if we call upon the Lord, He has pledged to deliver us. The word of promise meets the most terrible of possibilities with a sure salvation.”

And to call upon His name is to know the power contained within that name! Certainly the more you are familiar with Him, the easier His name will flow from our mouths.

His plan of deliverance is a promise. He says that we will be saved. That is a irrevocable, unalterable, and unquestionable! We are the beggar and He is the benefactor. When we are in danger, He is our deliver.

All we need to do is trust Him and beg of Him. Spurgeon continues, “He asks nothing of you but that you ask everything of Him!”

I call, He comes.