Are You Desperate?

      Have you ever hit your thumb with a hammer?  I got a little thing in the mail one day from a magazine that promotes do it yourself projects.  It looked like a thin, long rubber eraser, but had a split in the end.  The purpose was to hold a nail in place until you made that first strike with the hammer.  The first strike is the one where all the trouble starts when your thumb gets hit more than the nail does.  When we hit our thumbs with the hammer, we usually cry out in pain and dance a little until the pain begins to subside.  Let's face it.  There are some things in our lives in which we cry out.  If you hit your finger, you cry out in pain.  They may be, however, other times in which you cry out.  Psalm 55:17 says, "Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice." 

      There are several verses in the Book of Psalms that describe the Psalmist crying out to God.  In several of the Psalms, the crying out is due to the attack of some enemy and the Psalmist then cries out for protection and deliverance.  I guess you could say that the person is desperate.  Our pastor has been preaching on the moving of God and how this usually takes place when people are desperate.  We cry out to God when we are desperate to be delivered from some area in which we have absolutely no control.  For many of us, we try to fix the problem ourselves and when we come to the conclusion that we cannot fix it, then we turn to God and cry out for help.  We know that He can fix it.  He can fix anything.  It is a shame that we wait until the last possible moment for that relief.  In some cases, however, especially when you are in some battle, you have no control over many things.  These are those special times when you cry out for God's help and it is amazing to see God move in those situations.  The question, as has been presented to our congregation, is how desperate are you for God's working in your life?   If you are not desperate enough, then you won't cry out to God but when you have that hopeless feeling inside of you, then you turn to God and as the Psalmist, cry out to God for help.  You may find yourself in a desperate situation, but you don't have to wait until the end.  Cry out to God in all of your needs even when things start looking just a little dim.  We can always praise God for His deliverance in any situation.  We don't have to wait until the last minute.