There is something to be said about desperate people.
Desperate - 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. The problem for many of us is that we have lost that sense of desperation.
You and I can enter into many churches today and find that they do not need the gifts of the Holy Spirit anymore 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. We don’t see God moving the way we think He should then we change our approaches, methods, messages, and targets. We seem to change so much of what is on 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 your hearts and not your 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.
To be honest with you I am sick and tired 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 God come in and do a work that only He can do. Desperate people do desperate things. What are we willing to do to see God move?
Desperate - 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. The problem for many of us is that we have lost that sense of desperation.
You and I can enter into many churches today and find that they do not need the gifts of the Holy Spirit anymore 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. We don’t see God moving the way we think He should then we change our approaches, methods, messages, and targets. We seem to change so much of what is on 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 your hearts and not your 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.
To be honest with you I am sick and tired 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 God come in and do a work that only He can do. Desperate people do desperate things. What are we willing to do to see God move?
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