Nobody likes to look or feel desperate. It’s a state of vulnerability like nothing else. It means, “I’m at a low point and I will do whatever it takes to make it back to where I was.” Desperation is something that we look at as weakness; in fact we treat the word desperate as if it were the definition of someone that is not able to “deal” with their emotions in any given circumstance.
It’s hard to admit it, but we are all desperate. We have all sinned and fallen short, but through the hope we have in Jesus God will adopt us into His eternal kingdom.
In fact, it’s only in that weakness and desperation that the true hope of Jesus can be revealed to us. It’s only in our weakness that we can allow Him to be strong. It’s only in our recognition that He is all that we need that we can in turn truly give it all to Him.
As you worship your Savior today, reach deep down inside to find your own sense of desperation that only Jesus can fill and accept His grace and mercy that He so freely gives in return.
*Written for the bulletin for February 12, 2011 at New Hope Adventist Church
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