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“God is drawn to the desperate.”

A thought by Kyle Idleman from his book, Don't Give Up (p. 43). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

Maybe that is where you are or where someone you know is.  Think of this.

Kyle says, “In a moment of desperation, when you feel like there is no hope, will you give up or will you cry out to God for help?

“There is something about a desperate moment—a cold, pitch-black moment when all hope seems lost—that causes us to call out God’s name in distress. In that moment of desperation, when you feel like things are out of your control and there is nothing you can do, there is a profound opportunity.

He goes on, “In his book This Sickness Unto Death, Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard speaks of moments of despair as having a remarkable silver lining. In those moments, you are left with nothing to cling to, and you can only hope in something outside of yourself. You can discover God’s power and presence in a way you’ve never experienced before.

“The point of defeat—the urge to throw up your hands and surrender—seems like the most desolate corner of creation. It actually places you in prime position to experience God’s strength and provision because, as it turns out, God is drawn to the desperate. If you trace this idea in Scripture, you’ll find that God’s deliverance often follows closely upon a time of desperation. His blessing tends to fall upon a condition of brokenness. Throughout history, his most powerful servants have all come from a place of desolation and defeat.”

Kyle then says, “If you find yourself in the deep down dark, this is not the time to give up. Take your eyes off the door that has closed and look to the window that has opened. That’s where the light of heaven rushes in. This is the time to keep fighting and crying out to God to rescue you. When you hear words like ‘Stage four,’ or ‘I don’t love you anymore,’ or ‘We’re downsizing,’ your every impulse might be to give up. But the cloud of witnesses is urging you to go against the grain and keep fighting.

“It might be your day to meet God.”

No matter what you are going through, would you strive to believe that this might be your day to meet God?  Would you really believe that today and would you call out to Him for help?  Would you?

Yes, yes!

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