We typically become desperate when a challenging situation drags on, becomes unbearable, and makes us recognize how helpless we are to avoid the outcome we fear most. It could be joblessness, a painful disease, a broken relationship, a rebellious teenager, upside-down finances—any circumstance headed for disaster that we’re powerless to change. When we arrive at desperation, we’re finally prepared to recognize our own powerlessness and to trust in God’s sovereign sufficiency. Most of us have become