Calling On God For Help

Calling On God For Help

Call upon me in the day of trouble;

I will deliver you, and you will honor me.

Psalm 50:15

This passage describes the lives of faithful believers. All of the misfortunes we experience are nothing but a joyful game that God plays with us. Sometimes a father will tell his little child to do something even though he knows the child isn’t strong enough or the task is too difficult. He may tell his little son to bring him a bucket or to take off his socks or boots. When the child tries hard to accomplish the task even though it’s much too hard for him, the father will gladly and quickly lend a hand. He will praise his son for his efforts. This praise will train the child to obey, and the child also will learn to love his father more and more.

These are the kinds of games that God plays with the God-fearing and faithful people who are his children and who call him Father. They don’t doubt his fatherly love and good intentions in the least. They experience his tenderness firsthand when he reaches down to them and helps them in a fatherly way. God will be pleased with their efforts and will praise everything they do—even if it’s small and weak. This is very similar to the way an earthly father appreciates and praises the efforts of his little children when they try to complete a task that is much too difficult for them.