CALLING ON THE LORD
Calling on the Lord is not a ritual for the desperate; it is the steady heartbeat of a soul that knows where its hope lives. You can call on Him at any time—morning or midnight, in strength or in shattering weakness.
If you feel far from God, call on the Lord. If you are lost and don’t know where the next step is, call on the Lord. If life feels like wandering without a map, without a compass, without direction—call on the Lord. He is never more than a breath away from the one who reaches for Him.
In Romans, when Paul wrote, “Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13), he used a word full of urgency and reliance, the same word used when a man appeals to a higher authority. It is the word Paul used in Acts 25 when he said, in essence, “I appeal to Caesar”—I place my case in the only hands great enough to judge it.
That same word appears in Acts 22:16, where Saul is told to call on the name of the Lord as he rises to be baptized. One moment describes people who had already called on Him; the other describes those who had not yet done so. Two settings, one truth: calling on Christ is not a single, mechanical moment—it is the ongoing life of faith.
Calling on the Lord does not reduce salvation to a formula; it draws the heart into a relationship. It is not magic words spoken at a magic moment. It is the cry of a soul turning toward its Savior—again and again, as often as needed.
You can call once, twice, fifty times, and He never grows weary of hearing your voice. His grace is not exhausted by repetition; His mercy does not diminish with use. The very act of calling is an admission that we cannot carry ourselves, save ourselves, or steady ourselves—but He can, and He does.
To call on Christ is to lean into His presence, to anchor yourself in His goodness, to hold fast to the One who never wavers. It is to appeal to the Highest Authority, not with polished prayers but with an honest heart. And in that appeal, in that continual turning, we find the sweetness of the relationship He desires.
Salvation is not a cold transaction; it is the warm nearness of the risen Christ. It is the Shepherd hearing the cry of His sheep, the Father answering the voice of His child, the Savior receiving the soul that reaches for Him. And every time you call—He comes close again.
BDD
