Today we pursued "The Process of God's Building: Strengthening the Spirit through Calling upon the Lord's Name and Pray-Reading the Lord's Word".
I especially liked the portion about calling on the Lord's name. Several saints had testified concerning that too.
We've enjoyed the verse Lamentations 3:55-57 together, "I called upon Your name, O Jehovah, from the lowest pit. You have heard my voice; do not hide Your ear at my breathing, at my cry. You drew near in the day that I called upon You; You said, Do not fear."
In Greek, call is "ekkaleo". Whenever we have sorrows, troubles, or things that bothered us, we can just call on the Lord's name, "O Lord Jesus!" It is just so simple.
Oftentimes people may forget God's existence. But there are lots of testimonies of the saints that when they called on the Lord while they were placed in a troublesome situation, or while they were in pain or sicknesses, they felt lightened afterwards. This is not speaking about a psychological effect, but it is because of the Lord.
People from times of old, even from the third generation, Genesis 12:8, learned how to call on the Lord. On the one hand it is to admit that we are just weak and frail. But on the other hand, it is such an enjoyment to call upon Him! When we call on Him, we get all that He is. You need peace? He is. You need rest? He is. You need satisfaction. He is! You can have everything just by calling on His name.
Do not think that it is just a light matter to call on His name, when you call on Him, you get all that He is, you get Him! His name is gazillion times different than when you're calling your friends' names, your family's name, your favorite idol's name. Only His name would nourish and satisfy us!
Even when preaching the gospel, we do not need to say or explain lots of things. We only have to bring people to touch the reality, to contact Him, simply by calling on His name. Whover calls upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved. He would immediately come in and enliven each one of us.
So day by day and moment by moment we have to call on Him, "O Lord Jesus!"
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