Are You Desperate?
In my natural eye I am drawn to people whom look good, dress nice, and walk confidently. Many of these folks are often full of pride and not desperate enough to truly seek God. So ministering to them would have little to no life changing effect. Often, it is those that look a mess who are desperate enough to cry out to God. It is those who have had enough of living on their own, who are tired of being blind, that their hearts have now been opened to receive Christ, in His fullness.
Jesus here in Luke 18:35-43, heard the blind beggar shouting "have mercy on me!" "Shut up!" the people yelled at him. Though he was shunned by man, Jesus heard his plea, and responded by healing him.
It is the cry of desperation that God responds too. We must remain in a place of desperation to remain continually connected to Him. We must daily acknowledge our need for Him, like a child clings to their parents when afraid we must cling to God with holy fear of the consequence of living apart from Him.
This blind beggar became undignified before Jesus, He didn't care what others thought, He wanted Jesus attention and shouted loud enough to make sure. Why do we think we can ever arrive in a place where we are too dignified to cry out to God? Is it only when our circumstances are drastic enough, why can't we see that every day no matter our circumstances we need Him.
God is not just a rope we grab a hold of when drowning but He is our lifeline every day. Only in Him do we have life, apart from Him we are nothing. Often we are bewitched to believe our nothing is really something that our good works really matter to the world. God alone is the author of life and only when we are filled with Him do we have any good to give away.
We need to forget about pleasing man, and truly worship God, undignified, with a desperate cry for Him. It is those that come to Him hungry and thirsty that are given food (word) and drink (spirit). We must realize that we are all blind unless He allows us to see. The bible says the pure in heart see God. When we cry out to God, He comes like the rain, cleanses us from our sin and clothes us in His righteousness. Then and only then can we see as He sees and not be blind to the true reality of the spiritual world all around.
When Jesus touches us like the blind man in Luke 18:35-43 we live in a continual place of Praise because we see God in everything and therefore we can count all things as good.
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