<TITLE>16. Par 114-119</TITLE>L-114   The prophet went in. Now he's in desperation. Now what's he going to do? And we find in the Bible that he walked up and down the floor, desperate. "I don't know nothing else to do, Lord. Here I am. You told me to speak that to that woman, and THUS SAITH THE LORD. And it was exactly the way I told her, because You told me. Now, there she's in trouble, and I don't know what to do. There lays a dead boy. What can I do, Lord?"

L-115 No doubt the Holy Spirit said, "If the God is in you, then lay yourself on the baby." First thing you know, he stopped, run and put his hands upon his hands, his nose upon its nose, his lips upon its lips. And when he laid hisself over it, the baby sneezed seven times. Desperation was over.
The baby come to life, because that desperation drove the woman to the prophet, and desperation drove the prophet to the baby. And desperation in both of them drawed God on the scene. With love of God, and love for his people, brought the love of God down, and throwed faith out on the battlefront, and the work was done. Case closed. Amen! That's it. Desperation does it. Certainly! She wasn't going to leave.

L-116   Blind Bartimaeus thought Jesus was going to pass him by, setting out there at the gate, blind beggar, for alms. The first thing you know, heard a noise; Jesus was passing by. He said, "Who passes by?" Somebody shoved him down. He said, "Please, somebody, who is passing by?"
One of them, well, maybe a kind little disciple woman, said to him, said, "Sir, don't you know who that is passing by?"
"No. I hear some of them say, 'There's a whole graveyard full of dead people up here. If you raise the dead, go raise them.' Is it a blasphemer or somebody?"
"No. Have you ever heard of that Prophet of Galilee, that young Prophet called Jesus of Nazareth?"
"No."
"Well, you know, in the Bible it says in our scrolls that the Son of David will be raised up to set on it. That's Him."
"Is that Him? Is that Him, and He's passing by?"
Desperation drove him to scream, "O Jesus, Thou Son of David, have mercy upon me!"
Pass me not, O gentle Saviour,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
"O Jesus!"
Some of them said, "Shut up! You make too much noise."

L-117   But he was desperate. If He got by, he might never have another opportunity. We might not either; this might be the last night. Desperation! He screamed out, "O Jesus!" No matter who told him to stop, he cried just the same, that much more louder. When they told him to shut up, it made him get louder. He was desperate. Nobody could stop him. "Thou Son of David, have mercy on me!" And he screamed in desperation.

L-118   And the Son of God, with the sins of the world upon His shoulders, going to Jerusalem to be offered up, right then, for a sacrifice for the world, stopped in His tracks. Desperation, a despairing cry, stopped the Son of God. Said, "What would you have Me do for you?" Oh!
Said, "Lord, that I might receive my sight."
Said, "Go your way, your faith saves you."
That was enough. Desperation! When desperation is to receive something, the faintest little touch, faith grabs it. See? He didn't say, "Now wait a minute, wait a minute, hold there just a minute, let me see if I can see now. I never did see my hands, for many years. Let's see if I can see it. I don't see nothing yet." When Jesus said, "Thy faith has saved thee," that was enough. That's all he wanted.

L-119   Desperation calls for a subject, and when the subject, no matter how faint it is, it's received, it's believed right then, because faith catches when desperation is pushing it. See? Love in there mixes with it and brings it to it. Desperation does it.
Blind Bartimaeus caught the vision quickly.


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