“Psalm 50:15”

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.” (NKJV) 

E invócame en el día de la angustia; Te libraré, y tú me honrarás. (RVR 1960)

Speaking from experience and many many conversations, it seems that we, as Christians, always wait until when we are knee deep in trouble, until we call upon the Lord for help. 

In our text above God makes it very clear that we are to Call upon Me {Him} in the day {our} of trouble, the question is when is that? When are we as believers in the day of trouble? 

This may come as a surprise to some of you but I would say that we are Daily in Our Day of Trouble. Let see if I  can explain; Jesus said that we He was not of this world John 17:14 and just like Jesus, true Christians, are not of this world John 15:19 and are in fact hated by the world around them. We are so opposed by and anti-world that we are commanded to love not the world 1 John 2:15 nor the things the world loves. We are told to be conformed not to the world but to Godly things Romans 12:2 by focusing on Godly values and things above Colossians 3:2. 

I hope I have made my point that the daily walk (life) of a Christian is full of trouble. One can not read the New Testament Epistles not not get that understanding. Has anything changed since they were written, no. Has the Lord changed the way we are to communicate with Him since the time of Moses, no, Call upon Me, He says.

We all want the promise of the Lord, I will deliver you, the problem is we want it on our terms. That is only when we are desperate for rescue. We seem to forget the last part of the verse; and you shall glorify Me. I know this is fictional but sometimes I think the Lord is sitting up there in Heaven saying, hey what about me, have you forgotten about me? Daily praise through prayer and supplication should be the norm not the exception in our lives. Call on me He says have you done that today?

Matthew Poole’s Commentary

And make conscience of that great duty of constant and fervent prayer to me; which is an acknowledgment of thy subjection to me, and of thy trust and dependence upon me, and therefore is pleasing to me.

In the day of trouble; when trouble comes, do not avoid it by sinful shifts, not’ trust to creatures for relief, as hypocrites generally do, but give glory to me, by relying upon my promises, and expect help from me by hearty and unfeigned prayer.

Thou shalt glorify me: this is mentioned, either,

1. As a privilege; thou shalt have occasion to praise and glorify me for thy deliverance. Or,

2. As a further duty; thou shalt give me the glory of thy deliverance by praising me for it, and improving it to my service and glory.