DESPERATELY DEPENDENT

Both words work hand in hand.

DESPERATE.  "One of the best definitions is "making a final, ultimate effort; OR giving all".   

To be desperate is to come to the end of myself.  It is to do what Paul did and told the church at Galatia to do.  To die to self.  To be crucified with Christ.   

Galatians 2:19-20 says, "For when I tried to keep the law, I realized I could never earn God's approval.  So I died to the law so that I might live for God.  I have been crucified with Christ.  I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me.  So I live my life in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."

To be desperate is to come to the end of me and finding ONLY GOD.  It is only through the door of desperation that we have the motivation to stay dependent.  Either we will live and eventually die or we will die to authentically live.  In fact, unless or until we die to self, we can't fully experience an ONLY GOD life. 

Truth is, I think it is easy to get desperation drift.  I think what used to be amazing to us can become ordinary.  

To stay desperate is to stay crucified with Christ.  It is to continually stay connected to the LIFE of Jesus, by staying crucified with Him.

Desperate to die and dependent to live.

DEPENDENT.  "relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc."

"Trust in the LORD (Yahweh) with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will direct your paths."  Proverbs 3:5-6

That one verse encapsulates desperate and dependent.   

Trusting God may not always make sense, but His commands ALWAYS work and ALWAYS trump our finite reasoning.

To trust him with all my heart means I probably ought to do the difficult work of figuring out what I am not trusting him in.  

This is the ultimate way of blessing.  To be desperately dependent.

In fact the word translated from the Hebrew "direct your paths" actually is better rendered "He will bless your lifestyle".

Ultimate blessability will be to completely trust God.  Our whole life will be marked by times we did and times we did not.  

Complete trust is total dependence. 

As your story is being written, just remember God knows you best and loves you most.  

Each chapter or each day of your journey ought to be started with this prayer.  It is a dangerous, life-changing prayer.  Let's pray this prayer together:

Father, you want me to have faith.  It is what pleases you.  Help me to believe you are in complete control of my life.  Thank you that you know me the best and love me the most.  You know every detail of my life.  Help me to WALK in faith, to DIE to self and to LIVE LOVE.  Help me to be desperately dependent on you and ONLY YOU, for Your glory and by your strength.

A dangerous prayer that will change your life.  Count on it.

Just some thoughts for the day.

JOHN