Desperate People do Desperate Things

Matthew 11:12, “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.”

Luke 16:16, "The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.”

There is something to be said about desperate people.

Desperate means to be “without care of safety; reckless; frantic; beyond hope; past cure.” This describes many of those who come to Christ for various things. Whether it is healing, divine intervention in some situation, salvation of self/others, or the need to feed a divine hunger in their lives. Whatever the situation, you can find those who are desperate for a touch from God Himself. And why not? God seems to be compassionate to those who display this desperate mentality. God’s ear is attentive to the prayers of those who follow after Him. God answers the cries of the desperate, He's just not hearing them from us.

Unfortunately, we could enter into many churches today and find that they do not need the gifts of the Holy Spirit because they are talented, or they can create the illusion that they know what they are doing, or they can market the church in a different way. When they don’t see God moving the way they think He should then they change approaches, methods, messages, and targets.

Here’s the problem: We are changing the outside (methods, etc.) when God is concerned with what is going on inside of us. God is searching for those who are desperate for Him to move. When He spoke to the prophet Joel, He spoke of rending hearts and not garments. God is searching for those who are desperate for His presence. God is searching for those who will do what it takes to get a hold of His heart and see Him move with compassion upon their lives. Desperate people do desperate things.

To be honest with you I am sick and tire of cute church or packaged church. All those churches produce are cute and packaged people. What the world needs to see, and what God is looking for, is the church that is desperate to see Him come in and do a work that only He can do.

Here’s some people who got desperate for God to move:
I Samuel 1:8-13...Hannah is crying out at the altar for a child. GOD ANSWERS!
2 Kings 4:8-37...We have the story of the Shunammite’s son. This woman was desperate to see her boy brought back to life. GOD GRANTS IT!
Matthew 15:21-28.…Here we find a Canaanite woman following hard after Jesus to come and deliver her daughter from a demon possession. SHE RECEIVES!
Mark 2:1-5...the paralytic who was brought to Jesus by his friends. HE WALKS AWAY FORGIVEN & HEALED!
Mark 5:25-34...and how could we ever forget the woman with the issue of blood. AFTER REACHING OUT AND TOUCHING THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT THERE WAS NO ISSUE!

What are we Desperate For?
Revival?
Salvation?
Healing?
Growth?
Understanding?
Gifts?
Evangelism?
Marriage?

Are you hungry/desperate enough to lose your dignity? There are some of you who need to push your way to the front of the line. Stop waiting and start receiving!