God Has a Way...

God has His way of always speaking and touching our hearts just when we need Him too.

Tuesday at Worship night,after singing the song "Breathe",

This is the air I breathe, this is the air I breathe
Your holy Presence living in me
This is my daily bread, this is my daily bread
Your very Word spoken to me
And I, I'm DESPERATE for You
And I, I'm lost without You

Someone asked if we all ever thought what desperate meant in the song. And if we had ever been that desperate for God.

I have been so desperate for Him at times when I was down, but I have been just as desperate, if not more, even when things were going well. I am desperate to know Him more and to have Him be my everything. This thought was on my heart all night and when I got up, well it should be no surprise that God spoke through "God Calling":

September 13 NO OTHER NAME
My Name is the Power that turns evil aside, that summons all good to your aid. Spirits of evil flee at the sound of "Jesus." Spoken in fear, in weakness, in sorrow, in pain, it is an appeal I never fail to answer. "Jesus." Use My Name often. Think of the unending call of "Mother" made by her children. To help, to care, to decide, to appeal, "Mother." Use My Name in that same way- simply, naturally, forcefully. "Jesus." Use it not only when you need help but to express Love. Uttered aloud, or in the silence of your hearts, it will alter an atmosphere from one of discord to one of Love. It will raise the standard of talk and thought. "Jesus."
"There is none other Name under Heaven whereby you can be saved."

And of course that was not the end of it. At staff devotions Psalm 46 was read and the last two verses (10-11) stood out "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.

We talked of wanting and needing God so much that we need Him to be "our refuge and strength" (vs 1).

It all just went together as I am dealing with something and needing God as my fortress to go and rest in. Needing His strength. Truthfully, just being DESPERATE for Him every moment of every day. Exactly what I needed this day.