OMG!  Who am I talking to?

“Oh my God!”  This must be the most often repeated phrase in America today.  It is an expression used thoughtlessly.  Please think with me for a moment.

These words are a call to God for His attention to some matter.  In this phrase I am calling on the Lord.  What a good and wonderful statement, when I sincerely, humbly, earnestly call on God for help, for deliverance, in thanksgiving, in joy and praise.  Is that what I am doing when I say the words, Oh my God…?”  It is an honor to God when I call on His name properly and sincerely.

What happens when I call out, “Oh my God,” without truly thinking about Him, talking to Him, praying to Him or talking respectfully about Him?  When I cry out with God’s name, without any real thought about Him, His name has become a by-word, like wow or whoooweee.  They are near meaningless words simply used to build up some emotion and excitement in my silly speech.  The name of our Creator, Savior and God deserves better.

God said, in Exodus 20:7, “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.”  That is simply using His name without regard for His person, using His name without truly speaking to Him or about Him.

If I am going to call out:  Oh, my God, I had better be reverently praying to Him, or preaching about Him.