Desperate for God

Don’t you hate it when a song gets stuck in your head and won’t go away? There is a Vineyard song that keeps running through my mind. “This is the air I breathe . . . This is my daily bread . . . I’m desperate for You.” When was the last time you were really desperate for God (Ps. 84:2)? I asked myself that question and the answer was a bit frightening. Abraham was desperate for God on Mt. Morriah. Moses was desperate for God up against the Red Sea. David was desperate for God when caught in multiple disobediences. Jonah was desperate for God while “vacationing” inside a huge fish. Daniel was desperate for God while visiting a lion’s den. Paul was desperate for God . . . well almost every day of his Christian life. John was desperate for God on the Isle of Patmos. What about me? I desire God. I need God. Occasionally, I even long for God, but desperate for God? Sorry to say, it’s been awhile. Too long. Part of the issue of prayerlessness (or prayer deficit) is that we are not desperate enough for God. We are self-satisfied and content with our lives as they are. I think we often wait for a crisis to be desperate. Why can’t desperation for God be as common as breathing and eating? I think that question is why the song is stuck in my head. How about you and I trying to be as desperate for God this week as we are in crisis times?