All tagged loneliness
Are we prepared to walk in the desert? Can we tolerate the feeling of loneliness that will test us there? When there is nothing left in our lives except our thoughts and God, will we find that to be sufficient, and that we are prepared to join Him in this solitary life? Will we accept sanctification in Christ just as His apostles did? These are questions to consider regarding our being alone with God, and the sanctity that results from it.
There are times when we will feel alone in our faith, and even among our brothers and sister in Christ we will feel this way. In these times we will be separated, and walk alone with God, or Jesus Christ. As we read the Bible stories regarding the great men of God we find that at some point in each of their lives of faith they were separated, and sent into isolation. But, in our time in the desert, on the mountain, in prisons, or banished to Patmos, we are never truly alone. We are with God, and in these seemingly lonely places He has our undivided attention. Do we know what it is like to be alone with God? Even in a crowd of people have we felt isolated from the world, and in such times didn’t He come to us? Hasn’t Jesus met us on the road to Emmaus and walked us through the scripture? Was His presence enough for us?
Have we ever considered what it means to be alone, and how it can sometimes be pleasant to be without people around us, while at other times it is pure misery or sorrow? Yet, being alone when it comes to being separated from, or left without God, is never good. Last night Pastor L. H. Hardwick, the most amazing man of God I have ever personally known, went to be with the Lord, and today I feel an emptiness associated with his death, but as I prayed through the night I felt close to God as I was comforted by His presence.