Tuesday... He was desperate.

Tuesday... He was in a tight spot and he was desperate.

David in Psalm 54:1-2 (MSG) says, "God, for your sake, help me! Use you influence to clear me. Listen, God - I'm desperate. Don't be too busy to hear me."

It is interesting what we will say when we are in a desperate situation. That is when we really get serious, isn't it?

He goes on, verse 3, "Outlaws are out to get me, hit men are trying to kill me. Nothing will stop them; God means nothing to them."

Maybe that is where you are today. Oh maybe not hit men are involved or people trying to kill you but you really do feel that your back is up against the wall and you are desperate. And that is usually when we strive to do something and for sure it is usually when we turn to God.

Verse 4 says, "Oh, look!" and there is the problem too many times. We are looking but we are looking at the wrong thing. What we are looking at is what we are seeing. And if it is anything other than God then it is bigger than what it really is and that is where our desperation comes from.

And again, Verses 4-5, "Oh look! God's right here helping! God's on my side, evil is looping back on my enemies. Don't let up! Finish them off!"

And then verses 6-7, "I'm ready now to worship, so ready. I thank you, God - you're so good. You got me out of every scrape, and I saw my enemies get it."

The New Living Translations says it this way, "I will praise your name, O Lord, for it is good. For you have rescued me from my troubles and helped me to triumph over my enemies."

Again verse 4 (MSG) "O look! God's right here helping! God's on my side."

We strive to do it alone, don't we? and we get really desperate. "O look! God's right here helping! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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