Our God Is An Awesome God

He is awesome in every way! His person, His power, His provision. Nothing is too hard for Him. This great God tells us in Jeremiah 33:3 to “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and might things”. The Hebrew word for call is “qura”. It means, to call aloud, to cry out audibly.

 A great God does great things!  Things we can’t even grasp at this present moment are available to us if we simply learn to cry out to Him in prayer. This is so simple, and yet, so profound.  God will release His power to us as we pray.  Friend, God is a God of order and design.  This is the acceptable protocol that God Himself has laid out for us.  If we do our part, call out to Him, He will do His part, answer, and show us great things.  It is so simple and yet I believe we have overlooked this aspect of prayer for a long time.  God wants to hear our voice. 

Psalm 138:3, the psalmist tells us that he cried to God, He answered him, and strengthened him. Our Heavenly Father wants to strengthen us for our tasks.  All He asks from us is to call out to Him in fervent prayer. Have you ever noticed the little secret of the prayer of Jabez for blessing in I Chronicles 4:10?  He called on the God of Israel, his prayer was verbal, vocal, out loud.  The Bible says, “God granted him that which he requested.” 

Simple, yet profound. What has worked in the past, still works today.  Why not put God, our Great God, to the test.  Pray out loud to Him. You just may see great and mighty things come to pass in your life.

 

The Pastor’s Pockets

Pastor Bruce Freeman

 

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