Which Story is Yours?

    “Listen to my cry,

    for I am in desperate need;”

Psalm 142:6a

 

Desire scratches the surface.

Desperation gets to the root!

Desire wants an answer.

Desperation gets an answer!

While desire seeks results, desperation gets them.

 

A story of desire:

Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked,

“Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?”

 “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied.

“There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”

“Which ones?” he inquired.

Jesus replied, “‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony,

honor your father and mother,’ and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’”

“All these I have kept,” the young man said. “What do I still lack?”

Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.

Then Jesus said to his disciples,

“Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19: 17-23

 

A story of desperation:

And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years,

but no one could heal her.  

She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak,

and immediately her bleeding stopped.

 “Who touched me?” Jesus asked.

When they all denied it, Peter said,

“Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.”

But Jesus said, “Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me.”

Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people,

she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed.

Luke 8:43-47

 

Which story is yours?