Luke 18:35-43 (HCSB)
35 As He drew near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.
36 Hearing a crowd passing by, he inquired what this meant.
37 “Jesus the Nazarene is passing by,” they told him.
38 So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
39 Then those in front told him to keep quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
40 Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to Him. When he drew near, He asked him,
41 “What do you want Me to do for you?” “Lord,” he said, “I want to see!”
42 “Receive your sight!” Jesus told him. “Your faith has healed you.”
43 Instantly he could see, and he began to follow Him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

Desperation! We can fill another world with the state of desperation that now exists in our world, only the desperation for the wrong thing. Desperation is when one has a great need or desire for something or someone, a desire that is not easily attainable.
We’ve all known what it is to be desperate at some point in life and that desperate time calls for desperate measures when we are ready to do anything to get our desires fulfilled.
Desperation makes one more willing to do anything to overcome their desperate state. Unfortunately for some, the path they take is not always the right one or the God way.
What are you desperate for?
We all have certain areas of our lives where we are desperate for something: spiritual desperation, physical, mental, financial, emotional, and many more. Sarah was desperate for a child but instead of waiting on God’s promise and timing, she chose to help matters along, Genesis 16:2. Instead of suffering in your state of desperation outside the city gate, (Christ already did that for you; Hebrews 13:12), let your desperation push you to call and crying out for Jesus’s mercy and help.
What is troubling you? Why and what are you crying out for help?
What desperate state are you in right now?
God knew you’ll get to a desperate place one day which is why He said to you to “come”, Matthew 10:28-30. How about using your desperate voice?
When we get that desperate place, we begin to look for a solution outside of God, some, because they’ve waited too long, for others, because they don’t believe God will answer them, while some others don’t want to disturb God with their little issues, so they decide to try to help themselves.
In some cases, people turned to the Lord whom they don’t even know in their desperate state, and God answers. Genesis 25:1 recount Eliezer’s desperate prayer on his assignment to look for a wife for Isaac, his master’s son and we’re told God answered his prayer.
Exodus 2:23 tells us that the desperate cry of the children of Israel because of their hard labour went up to the Lord and He heard them.
Blind Bartimaeus was desperate for help, he had waited for help for a long time, but nothing seemed to be happening and when he heard Jesus coming, he didn’t wait for the Master, his desperate voice reached Jesus where He was. You too can reach Jesus where He is. The closer Christ got to Bartimaeus, the louder he cried “Jesus, son of David have mercy on me” until the Master stopped to deliver him, he did not stop.
How about you? Are you desperate enough to cry out and call out to the Master?
Learn to cry out to the Lord in desperation- do not allow your voice to be drowned out by fear, anxiety, sin, pain, and ignorance.
Let your voice of prayer, praise and faith rise in desperation until you can see the Master reaching for you.
He’s desperately waiting to hear you call out to Him, come to Him and cry out to Him. Will you?
Shalom