David Harrell wrote a book telling the story of his father, Edgar Harrell. Edgar was one of the 300 survivors of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, the last US ship sunk by enemy contact in WW2. 600 of the 900 men who survived the ship's sinking were stranded in the water for five days - many with only a life vest - all facing thirst, hunger, injuries, dehydration and sharks. They all came face to face with fear and their own mortality.

Edgar testifies of those days alone in the ocean, "Clearly there were no atheists or even cowardly Christians in the water those days. Gone was that damnable attitude of pride that deceives men into thinking that there is no God or that, if there is a God, He doesn’t love me or can’t help me. The only thing that any of us had to hang on to, besides our lifejacket, was the hope that a loving God would hear our prayerful cries and intervene in our circumstance.”

It's normally very easy for us to call on God to intervene when we are facing “hard” or “difficult” situations. But God is a God of the small things, as well. He wants to be a part of EVERY single situation, circumstance, decision, conversation, etc., that we have. It’s time to start inviting God into our lives in every way … not just the times we are “desperate” because let’s be real … if we aren’t desperate for Him 24 hours a day, are we really living for Him?