Who Will You Call?

I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.”

Psalm 91:2

In his book Anticancer: A New Way of Life, Dr. David Servan-Schreiber recounts how he responded to the news that his brain tumor had returned: “After canceling my afternoon appointments, I set out on a walk alone. My head was buzzing. I still remember the tumult that gripped me. I would have liked to talk to God. But I didn’t believe in Him. I finally managed to concentrate on my breathing, calm the turmoil in my thoughts, and turn inward. In the end, it was a form of prayer.”^a

Because God has put eternity in the heart of every person (Ecclesiastes 3:11), there is an innate, unexpected inclination to cry out to Him in times of trouble. It’s why someone once observed that there are “no atheists in foxholes.” When people who don’t believe in God are in trouble, they are forced to call out to someone or something. Revelation 6:15-16 predicts that many will call out to “mountains and rocks” to hide them from the judgment of God during the Tribulation.

If you need help today, call out to the One who knows you, loves you, and wants to help you—your heavenly Father. Calling out to God is a sign of wisdom and strength, not weakness.

Prayer is weakness leaning on omnipotence.

W. S. BOWDEN