God Wants You to Turn to Him

Thursday February 19, 2026

God wants you to turn to Him.  Sometimes the things we say or hear might just sound good to us, but are they true?  It may sound cliché to say, God wants you to turn to Him, but it is true.  It is especially true in times of trouble.  If you haven’t talked to someone in a while, and then you need them, do you call them?  For some, the thought process might be “I’m not going to call them just when I need something”.  I believe this might keep some from turning to God in an hour of need.  They feel as if, they neglected to turn to Him through good times, so they certainly aren’t going to just go to Him now when they need Him.  This verse stood out to me this morning, “Call on me in a day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will honor me” (Psalm 50:15).  I believe the honor begins with calling on Him in a day of trouble.  Trouble must not drive us from God, but it must draw us to Him.  We should run to Him!  It shows faith and trust.  And, then, we must not fail to thank Him and honor Him when He delivers us.  Matthew Henry states, “When he, in answer to our prayers, delivers us, as he has promised to do in such way and time as he shall think fit, we must glorify him, not only by a grateful mention of his favour, but by living to his praise. Thus must we keep up our communion with God, meeting him with our prayers when he afflicts us and with our praises when he delivers us.”  It is not just cliché, God does want you to turn to Him, especially in a day of trouble.