How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord of hosts!
2 My soul longs, yes, faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to the living God. – Psalm 84:1-2
Desperation. It is one of those traits that typically gets a bad wrap. As I sit in yet another job interview, I try to hide it the best I can. These are some of the most ridiculous moments in life in which you have to impress someone you never met with talents you mostly exaggerate in the time it takes for a commercial break. Add on top finances, job security, and family needs, and you have a recipe for the dreaded dessert of desperation. In the natural realm, desperation is unattractive.
In a spiritual sense, like with many things, desperation is a noble goal. It is here that our natural posture before a perfect creator is exposed and celebrated. The more desperate, the more we cling to the only One who never fades with these passing times. The truth is, we all have levels of need within us. Many of us try so hard to dismiss this state within us. We put on a brave face and try to convince a skeptical world that we are stronger than we are, more independent than we need to be, and carry a life traveled grit that this world admires. In God’s ecosystem, weakness is a virtue. It is this that clings us to our strength.
Today, recognize your weakness, see your desperation for what it is, a call from the depths toward something better. May your need be filled by the only sustainer of strength.
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