“God’s Calling Card”

 “God’s Calling Card”

 

LORD, You have searched me and known me.  You KNOW when I sit down and when I stand up; You understand my thoughts from far away.  You observe my travels and my rest; You are aware of ALL my ways.  Before a word is on my tongue, You KNOW all about it, LORD.  You have encircled me; You have PLACED Your HAND on me.   Psalm 139:1-5

 

We are going to be in Psalm 139:1-5. The SAME Psalm that we were in yesterday. Yesterday we studied a little about God’s CREATIVE POWER concerning the HUMAN BODY as King David saw it.  

 

Today, we will be looking at God’s CALLING CARD, and that would be His HOLY SPIRIT. MANKIND cannot COME BEFORE the ALMIGHTY GOD, until they have been CALLED by the SPIRIT of the HOLY GOD, which will OPEN the DOOR for them to COME to JESUS CHRIST, GOD’S ONLY SON, who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED, and was RESURRECTED from DEATH and the GRAVE, in order for mankind to have a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with GOD.  

 

This was NOT GOD’S CALLING CARD for David.  God KNEW ALL ABOUT David.  We see in our SCRIPTURE, today, that David was realizing the magnitude of GOD’S KNOWLEDGE.  God KNEW ALL about him, and David became AWARE of the fact that GOD IS EVERYWHERE at the SAME TIME.  So, no matter where he was GOD was there too. And God’s KNOWLEDGE was TOO much for DAVID.  So, David TRIED to HIDE from God, but GOD BEING OMNIPRESENT, (everywhere at the same time) was a little much for David. SO, he said to GOD, “You have ENCIRCLED ME; YOU have PLACED Your HAND on ME.”  I think David may have felt a little CONFINED.  David COULD NOT ESCAPE GOD’S PRESENCE.  And NEITHER CAN YOU!!!

 

So, when YOU feel a tugging at your HEART, and YOU feel very UNCOMFORTABLE, it’s GOD, CALLING YOU to COME to His SON, JESUS, for the SALVATION of your WRETCHED SOUL. And He is USING His CALLING CARD, His HOLY SPIRIT.  He is the ONE that has put YOU under CONVICTION.  And YOU have a CHOICE, you can either KEEP RUNNING FROM GOD, but REMEMBER: YOU CANNOT HIDE from His Presence.  He KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE and WHAT YOU are DOING.   OR you can SURRENDER YOURSELF to GOD and ANSWER HIS CALL for SALVATION.  

 

To do that this is what you MUST DO:  You MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, GOD’S ONLY SON.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for YOU and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS YOUR SINS to HIM and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING TO TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFE-STYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  Then ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and BE ABLE to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE once you are there.  And RECEIVE an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS and DO NOT TURN DOWN HIS CALLING CARD.  He MAY NOT offer it too MUCH LONGER.  So, do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON to get ALL those who have ACCEPTED GOD’S CALLING CARD, and BELONG to HIM.  DON’T BE LEFT BEHIND!!!