I have heard in my life people talk about God in some peculiar
ways. People get mad with Gods because we feel he is not with us, that He is
not there for us. We ask other people to pray for us and just form an opinion
about what God will do for self. I have gotten into situations in the past and
asked God, where are you? I need you God.”
But it is the fault of me that I can’t hear nor see God.
When I’m out there doing wrong, God is right there, I just didn’t acknowledge
Him. God is like, “I’m right here Kevin”. But I’d continue my mission of doing
what I wanted to do. God would still be right there with me. When we live our
lives according to how we want but, yet and still, God is right there with us.
A woman once told me a joke, she said “If you want to hear God laugh, tell him
what your plans are in your life”. When things get out of hand in our sinful
life, we begin to question God, “where you at God? Why have you left me God?’
God’s answer is “I’m still here but are you listening to Me?”
Genesis 3:8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the
LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid
from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the LORD God called to the man,
"Where are you?" 10 He
answered, "I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was
naked; so I hid." 11 And he said,
"Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I
commanded you not to eat from?"
Which leads me to my topic, “Call on God”. Normally what
happens in our lives is that we get ourselves into situations and try to get
ourself out of it. But doing this is just like being in quick-sand, the more we
try to get out of it the more we sink deeper in. The biggest problem I have
found in my life is that I honor material and worldly things. My car, my house,
my clothes, etc; all these things I would either kill someone for if they tried
to bother these items, or get real upset whenever I felt these things were
threatened. But you see, what I was doing was, pretty much, selling my soul for
material items. You may say, what do you Kevin? If I cherish items higher than
life itself, I’m Losing. Let’s clarify this, I eventually will take my stress
level to a level of healthiness cherishing these items, when they’re just items.
I am actually putting these things before God. I’m focusing my life on what I
have instead of what I need to be doing in life.
Leviticus 26:1 "'Do not make idols or set up an image
or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land
to bow down before it. I am the LORD your God.
Sometimes we don’t read
the writing on the walls, God not only told Israel not to worship idols but the
people of today, us, we idolize the items we have and we are instructed not to
perform idol worship. We in the church today worship religion, buildings, paintings
on the wall, and leaders; just to name a few, and that is all wrong. All of
these things and people would not exist if it were not for God. Let’s continue
reading. 2 "
'Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD.
Observes: 1.notice or perceive (something) and register it
as being significant, 2.fulfill or comply with (a social, legal, ethical, or
religious obligation). Sabbath: a weekly day of rest or time of worship. In
this passage of scripture God says “observe His Sabbaths”. Defined “fulfill and comply with a weekly day of
worship”
3 " 'If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey
my commands, 4 I will send you rain in
its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees of the field
their fruit. 5 Your threshing will
continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until
planting, and you will eat all the food you want and live in safety in your
land. 6 " 'I will grant peace in
the land, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. I will remove
savage beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your
country. 7 You will pursue your enemies,
and they will fall by the sword before you.
8 Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten
thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you. 9 " 'I will look on you with favor and
make you fruitful and increase your numbers, and I will keep my covenant with
you. 10 You will still be eating last
year's harvest when you will have to move it out to make room for the new. 11 I will put my dwelling place among you,
and I will not abhor you. 12 I will walk
among you and be your God, and you will be my people. 13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you
out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke
the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high.
What these people saw and experienced in those days was the
Lord. The Lord walked with them all the days of their lives. The Lord existed
and spoke with them in the times of good and bad. The same Lord from then saw
that there was a need for existing in the flesh. So the Lord waited for a loyal
and obedient woman that was meet for birth of the Lord. Once this woman came
into existence and matured in her obedience, the seed was fertilized. That
seed, that the Lord existed in was born into the world and became living flesh.
When people saw this man, most looked him up and down and talked about him. He
didn’t commit any sins to elevate himself nor his statues. He remained humble
and obedient to the order of the Almighty God. When people bad mouthed him and
spat on him, he remained obedient to Gods Ordinance. This Man stood before the
world and exemplified what it is to be a man. This Man did this all the way to
His last breath. This Man I’m talking about is Jesus the Christ. We are to
exemplify this Man’s qualities to the fullest. When someone is talking about
you, in your Christian life, don’t get mad at them. What you and I should be
doing is listening to what they say and then look at self and see if it is true
because sometimes, it may be true. We need to analyze self and stop thinking we
are Jesus in the flesh. None of us can pull the match from the match book he
holds. All of us need to analyze ourselves constantly to fulfill our lives in
accordance with Gods Provisions. If you think I’m talking to you, don’t trip,
because I’m talking to me too. So lace the shoe up and wear it because our walk
has to be down the path God has provided for us, not the one we want to make.
When we feel like we are losing the battle on life, just call on God for assistance
and He’ll be right there. Just think of God as a basketball game and we play
for the Lakers. We all have talents but we the right Point Guard in the game to
help us win. When we utilize the 1st round Draft Pick in the game and
we all play in the rhythm of His game. We become the ShowTime Lakers and just
like Byron Scott and James Worthy got hit in the head at times because they
were not ready for the ball. We just have to learn to practice more so we can
be ready for the ball when it’s dished to us. With good practice when God
throws us the ball once we are set at the three point line, or cutting to the
basket, all we have to do is remain in a good form and follow through and make
the shot. We don’t have to call on God when we are playing His game because
He’ll maintain His Presence in our lives as long as we maintain a rhythm in
Him.
