Earth Calling God... 

     Very early in history, Adam and Eve had another son, naming him Seth. He grew up and fathered Enosh. At that time, men began to call on the name of the Lord. - Genesis 4:26. 

     No interpreter. No teacher. No pope. No mind reader. Get it? 

     Pastor Jim Cymbala says the Hebrew word for calling on God means to cry out, to implore. In Jeremiah (chapter 33:3) God says, Call on me and I will answer you... God spoke to prophets over centuries, telling us, through them, what He wants us to know. At times He foretold what was yet - or still is - to come. 

     Moses wrote, What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him? - Deuteronomy 4:7. There was no promise from God if Israel ceased calling out to him. The same applies to Christians. 

     David knew it. Know that the Lord has set apart the godly for himself; the Lord will hear when I call to him. - Psalm 4:3. 

     For Jew and Gentile: Acts 2:21; Romans 10:12-13.

     Pastors and rabbis can help, and teachers, counselors, books...maybe family or friends. Know any missionaries? But nothing ...nobody... substitutes for the mercy and grace of God. We are directed to call upon the Lord, daily, in trouble or otherwise. He made us. He knows us!  

             Jimmy