Call Unto Me

And a very good morning to you! It is Thursday morning, 24th March, the year 2022. And this is your friend, Angus Buchan with a thought for today.

If we go to the Old Testament, to Jeremiah 33:3, Jeremiah 333! The Lord says:

'Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'

That’s right! That's Jesus’s telephone number: Jeremiah 333! “Call to Me, and I will answer you,” but how can we call on someone that we do not know and how can we call someone we don’t believe in or even worse, we don’t trust? You see, in Hebrews 11:6, the Lord says:

“But without faith, it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”

Maybe today, you and I are like Moses of old, when he stood before the burning bush in Exodus 3:13-14:

“Then Moses said to God, "Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they say to me, 'What is His name?' what shall I say to them?" And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.' "

I want to say to you that today that we need to know His name. It is all about faith, isn’t it? Not faith in faith but faith in a person. Now Augustine said, "Faith is to believe in something you cannot see, but the reward of that faith is to see what you believe." And that is what I love about it. Can you imagine phoning somebody, dialling the number, and they say, “Yes, can I help you?” And they say, “Who is he, what is his name?” And you say, “Well, I don’t know his name.” - How can they help you? They can’t help you... Now, Thomas had the same problem.

In John 14:5-6, he said,

“How can we know the way?”
“Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

Today, we need to get to know the name of the person we are phoning - “Call unto me!” Lord Jesus, please help me today - and I tell you what, He will help you! He wants to help you more than you want to call Him.

Have a wonderful day and Jesus bless you!
Goodbye.