Is God an emergency room for us...?

I Samuel 12:9-10, 14-15, 20-22, 24 NKJV

And when they forgot the Lord their God, He sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them. Then they cried out to the Lord , and said, ‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord  and served the Baals and Ashtoreths; but now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve You.’ If you fear the Lord and serve Him and obey His voice, and do not rebel against the commandment of the Lord , then both you and the king who reigns over you will continue following the Lord your God. However, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord , but rebel against the commandment of the Lord , then the hand of the Lord will be against you, as it  was against your fathers. Then Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have done all this wickedness; yet do not turn aside from following the Lord , but serve the Lord with all your heart. And do not turn aside; for then  you  would  go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing. For the Lord will not forsake His people, for His great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you His people. Only fear the Lord , and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.

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Shalom! Day #144. Do you know that people always forget God when they have no any problems and seek God when they have problems? Let's pray. Father, forgive us for taking Your grace and mercy for granted. We do want to make You as an "ambulance" whereby when we have problems then we want to seek You. Let us, Lord, continuously seek You either in good or bad situations. Forgive us Lord. In Jesus name we ask and pray, Amen!

Folks, I've seen many believers,  when they are in need they come to church to search for God, when they are not in need, I don't know where they are. This is a true fact and I believe that you agree as well, if not then it's ok. When they are in deep problems then they will really seek God with all their heart, if not then not even their nose is present at the church. When life is ok without any problems, well people tend to forget that there is a God who listened to their prayers and delivered them out of their problems. When there's a lot of trials and testing and problems and obstacles then they will pray seeking for God to help. My question is "IS GOD AN EMERGENCY ROOM FOR YOU?" When we are in the problem then we dial the emergency line, God please help me. When we aren't,  we make don't know and we don't even bothered to know whether is there a God.

In today's verse,  we can see this happening even during the old testament days, and I can say that this is a GENERATIONAL CURSE! "And when they forgot the Lord their God, He sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them. Then they cried out to the Lord , and said, ‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord  and served the Baals and Ashtoreths; but now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve You.’" The reason we face many problems is because we have forgotten the Lord.  We have forgotten all the miraculous works the Lord has done for us, all the wondrous works, all His goodness,  we have forgotten! For once we ponder and think about it and once all the problems are settled,  we forget who God is and what He has done and we do our own business.

Even at such, God is still gracious and merciful. Samuel told the Israelites "Do not fear. You have done all this wickedness; yet do not turn aside from following the Lord , but serve the Lord with all your heart. And do not turn aside; for then  you  would  go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing. For the Lord will not forsake His people, for His great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you His people. Only fear the Lord , and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you." Even when you have done wicked things, never ever run away from God, because only God....I repeat ONLY GOD can save and deliver us from the mess we have created and from the problems that has come upon us. Continue to trust God and serve Him faithfully and wholeheartedly. Although you have forgotten the Lord, yet the Lord will not forsake His people, for His great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you His people. Only fear the Lord , and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you. Amen! Now do not make our God to look something like an emergency room!

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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In His Majestic service,

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