Topic:Desperation
Text: Mark 10:47-49

There are times when the only thing you have to do to get results is to utter a cry of desperation unto God. The Scripture is replete with examples of people who expressed their desperation by crying unto God without any inhibitions. In Psalms 3:4 the Bible says: “I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selar.” Blind Bartimaeus cried out to attract the attention of Jesus Christ (Mark 10:47-49). He shouted until Jesus Christ stood still.

When Peter walked on water and was about drowning the little moment he took his eyes off Jesus, he had to shout for help (Matthew 14:30). It is whatever you have inside you that emerge whenever you are faced with a crisis. At a time of crisis if you have the Holy Spirit in you, the Holy Spirit will speak out of you. If all that the son of the prophet said was, “alas”, then we could say it was the cry of the hopeless. The axe-head at the bottom of a deep river is a hopeless situation. None of the sons of the prophets could swim. River Jordan was not a clean river, judging from what Naaman said about it in II Kings 5:12. But how God brought hope into a hopeless situation! There is Someone who is the hope of the hopeless. In Colossians 1:27, the Bible says: “To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”

When Jesus Christ comes into a hopeless situation, it becomes no more hopeless. The story of Lazarus is a case study here (John 11). By adding “master” to his cry, the son of the prophet changed his cry to that of a desperate man. He admitted that his case was hopeless and knew that there would be a change because Elisha was at hand. People in desperation normally cry out to the helper.

Jesus Christ is the True Master. He is the Word from the beginning; the One who is the Light of the world; the One who is the Rock of Ages; the Alpha and the Omega; the only One who can say:” I AM THAT I AM.” A leper came to Him in Matthew 8:1-3 with a cry of desperation. However, he was not sure whether Jesus Christ would heal him. He was desperate to be healed and the Lord healed him. Do you want to utter a cry of desperation to the Lord? Cry unto Him and He will meet you at the point of your need.

Memory Verse: Psalms 37:39 - “But the Salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.”