Desperation

Day 12

What people will do when they are desperate. Steal? Kill? Lie? How about...seek the Lord like a wild man or woman? Desperate times call for desperate measures! So what measures will you take in seeking God?

A story in Mark 5:25-34 tells us a wonderful story of desperation.

"And woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, "If I touch his clothes, I will be healed." Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?" "You see the people crowding against you, "his disciples answered, "and yet you can ask, "Who touched me?" But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet, and trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering."

This woman had a tremendous need in her life. She had gone to many people and to many places to fill that need but she always came up, "empty handed". She finally realized where her source was and she would stop at nothing to get to it. Remember? She was desperate! She fought through the enourmous, pushy crowd, because she had to...touch Jesus. As you notice in the verse above Jesus said, "Who touched my clothes?" "You see the people crowding against you, "his disciples answered," and yet you can ask, "Who touched me?" Many people were crowded around Jesus touching him but only one trully, "touched" him. Touched his heart! You see many people go through the motions religiously. They go to church. They sing songs. They read the Bible. But just going through the motions. This womans heart was after God's! She wanted not just to be around him, she wanted to "touch him." She HAD to get the Savior's attention! So are you desperate? Are you desperate to see God move? What are you willing to do? Go after him? Even if people laugh? Even if people make fun? Even if people say you are wasting your time? Are you willing to pray like you've never prayed? Worship like you've never worshiped? Fast until you turn into a bone? Are you desperate for him to move in your life? Finances? Family? Ministry? Rise up! Get through the crowds! Desperate times call for desperate measures! "Touch" the Savior!