When to Pray Desperately

[S] Judges 3:9 --
9 When the sons of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the sons of Israel to deliver them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

[O] God hears our cries.  Well, He hears even our whispers but the point is that He hears with empathy when I cry out to Him which is a wonderful fact to treasure in my heart.  Even when the Israelites found themselves in deep trouble due to their own sinfulness of rejecting God, God's love for them overpowers everything to raise up a deliverer for  them.  God's power working in the midst of us are not with respect to how good a person I am but how desperately I lean on Him and His power.

[A] Whether my situation is desperate or not, I need to lean on God with total desperation because anything less than that means I am relying on my own strengths.

[P] Dear Father, what a relief and power this passage infuses in my heart because I am realizing more and more I cannot do a whole lot on my own especially with the family crisis at hand which even the best doctors have more unknowns than assurances of the situation in front of us.  I desperately ask Your intervention out of Your great mercy and grace in our family so that we may reflect the wonders of Your mighty power.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.