Psalm 50:15 And call on me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. Why not "deliver" without calling? He knows the sorrow and need of His people, and if it be in His heart to "deliver," why wait to be "called upon"? When a man is in "trouble," and his neighbours help him out, he is not in much danger of confounding his benefactor with himself, or of questioning, after all, if the deliverance did not come in some other way. But if God delivered men without being "called upon," they would soon become rationalistic, in their way of looking at things, and not only account for "the day of trouble," but also for their "deliverance," upon the mere principles of reason or natural law. It is the calling spirit which He seeks to evoke — the spirit which recognizes Him as the only "deliverer" of His people. I. THE TIME. "The day of trouble "does not appear to be governed, as is our natural day, by planetary revolutions, or the swing of the pendulum. It may come at any hour, and may stay long after the natural day is done. II. THE REQUEST. "Call upon Me." 1. Humbly. 2. Believingly, etc. III. THE PROMISE. "I will deliver thee." God can always repeat Himself; He can always "deliver" more gloriously the next time you "call upon Him," if you only honour Him by asking, and believing that He will. IV. THE RESULT. "Thou shalt glorify Me." 1. By our faith. 2. By gratitude. 3. By obedience. 4. By testifying of His goodness. 5. By devotion to His cause. 6. By praising Him. (T. Kelly.) Parallel Verses KJV: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.WEB: Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me." |
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