Human Response 700: Call and Cry

Psalm 18:6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

As David did so often, he called upon the Lord and cried to Him when he was in trouble or distress. In Psalm 50:15, the Lord says to us all: “Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.” Whenever we are distressed or in need we may pray to the Lord, who lives within our spirit. He is present in the temple, which is our body, and He hears our voice, no matter how soft, even our thoughts. When we cry in distress, He hears, and He delivers. Then we give Him thanks, praise, and glory.

Since we live in a fallen world we are almost always in some kind of distress. But we may always pray without ceasing and live in the joy of the Lord always ready with praise and a thankful attitude. Constant prayer and praise, and awareness of the presence of God, is the life we live in the spirit by faith. Since we have been baptized we live in that world of salvation and deliverance alongside this sinful world that brings trouble and distress. We respond with a faith that God is here, that He cares, and that He hears.