Hosea 13:5-6

Read Hosea 13:5-6.

God's not responding to your desperation (at least not when you think He should) could be a blessing. Silence or delay might be His merciful way of keeping you from falling away from Him.  So long as you are desperate, you will keep on looking to Him.  Indeed, His ways are higher than ours.

Three Detractors From The Hope That Jesus Will Meet Your Need (Mk. 5:21-43)

There are three things that will "pull on you" to entice you to abandon hope that Jesus will minister to your need:  delay (5:25-34), reason (5:35-36) and ridicule (5:37-40).  Beware of them!

Observations:

1. Delay doesn't mean disinterest.
2. Don't leave Jesus, since Jesus won't leave you.
3. Jesus is greater than every interruption and interjection of man.
4. There are occasions when you can't listen to Jesus and to well-meaning people at the same time.  Multiple voices compete for attention.  Whose report will you believe?
5. Once Jesus has determined to do such-and-such for you, there is no deterring Him.