God is Strong Enough to Save You

Have you ever felt like you were talking, even sharing important stuff, but no one was listening?

In Psalm 17:6 David prays, “I have called on You because You answer me, O God. Turn Your ear toward me. Hear what I have to say.”

David called out to God because, for one thing, he knew God would listen.

David calls out or cries out to God for help. David isn’t the only person in the Bible who cried out to God.
Solomon did.
Isaiah did.
Jeremiah did.
Peter did.
Paul did.

But perhaps the greatest example of crying out to God was Jesus.

Mark 15:34
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Luke 23:46
And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.” Having said this, He breathed His last.

Jesus cries out to the Father in pain.
Jesus cries out to the Father in trust and for comfort.

Raising the Roof and Removing the Walls is about being willing to cry out to God.
Raising the Roof and Removing the Walls is about knowing God will answer when we cry out to Him.

In the Tenth Avenue North song Strong Enough to Save the chorus says,
And He’ll break
Open the skies to save
Those who cry out His name
The One the wind and waves obey
Is strong enough to save you

God will listen when those who call are:

Righteous and Broken

Psalm 34:17-18
When the righteous cry out, the Lord listens; He delivers them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; He saves those whose spirits are crushed.

Needy and Hurting

Psalm 72:12
He rescues the poor who call on Him and those who are needy and neglected.

Desperate

Psalm 84:2
I want more than anything to be in the courts of the Lord's Temple  My whole being wants to be with the living God.
So what are the results of crying out to God? What happens when righteous, broken, needy, hurting, desperate people cry out to God?

They are made holy and glorify God.

1 Chronicles 16:35
Cry out, Save us, God our Savior; gather us and deliver us from the nations, that we might give thanks to Your holy name, and glory in Your praise.

They receive salvation.

2 Chronicles 20:9
If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You - for Your name is in this house - and cry out to You in affliction, and You will hear and save.

We will be empowered to fulfill God’s purposes.

Psalm 57:2
I cry out to God Most High, to God who will fulfill His purpose for me.

We will receive nourishment.

1 Peter 2:2
Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment.

We will receive a Savior.

Isaiah 19:20
And it will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of Hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry out to the Lord because of oppressors, and He will send a Savior, even a Mighty One, and He will deliver them.

There are times when God will not listen and will not answer when we cry out.

Job 35:12
And when they cry out, God does not answer because of their pride.

God will not listen to us when our lives our full of pride.

God hates pride and will not listen to us when we cry out if our lives are characterized by pride.

James 4:6
But He gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”

Jesus is our only hope.

Matthew 12:18-21
Here is My chosen servant! I love Him, and He pleases Me. I will give Him My Spirit, and He will bring justice to the nations. He won’t shout or yell or call out in the streets. He won’t break off a bent reed or put out a dying flame, but He will make sure that justice is done. All nations will place their hope in Him.

Jesus is the answer.

Romans 7:24-25
Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord.

When we cry out to God it has to be with sincere hearts
When we cry out to God we have to trust Him.

Hebrews 10:21-22
And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God’s house, let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting Him.

Raising the Roof and Removing the Walls is about crying out to God as our only hope.
Raising the Roof and Removing the Walls is about crying out to Jesus as the answer for everything we face in life.
Raising the Roof and Removing the Walls is about crying out to God with sincere hearts.

When we cry out to God in this manner - He will answer!

Crying Out to God to Raise the Roof and Remove the Walls
Joe