Saturday, April 23, 2016

Alone, but Not Alone

One of the greatest social challenges that many people face today is Loneliness. I personally believe that a lot of the ills, dysfunction and delinquency that we witness in our world today has a lot to do with people's inability to deal with the chronic Loneliness that many are faced with each and every day. God did not design human beings to live in isolation and alienation. We are creatures of community. Therefore, when we are cut off from community, whether by choice or circumstance, something in the core of our being becomes out of sync. A lot of this Loneliness starts with our families. Children don't get along with their parents, spouses don't like each other, siblings are jealous of one another. None of this is of God. And then when you try to find friends who will love you and accept you as you are, more times than not you're often rejected and disappointed. As a result, people stop trusting people and begin to cultivate a life of Loneliness and Emotional Survival.

The sad part about this commentary is that this social plight is not restricted to the non-believer. There are many a Christian that has been affected and infected with the social disease of Loneliness. You go to church with a sanctuary packed with hundreds and thousands of people, and folks barely know your name. You listen to the pastor preach the word of God every week, and yet you can't get close enough to shake their hand. Then when it comes to sharing your true problems that can actually make you look "un-Christian", you're too embarrassed to share them with your "church family" because you're too afraid that they're going to "judge" you. For many Christians and believers in Christ, we too are challenged to navigate this emotional obstacle called Loneliness.

But my friends, what the believer in Christ needs to understand is that, even though we may be challenged to deal with being lonely, we are never Alone. There are times where yes, you will have to be alone and take a stand all by yourself. Sometimes your faith in juxtaposition with the world and even fellow professors of the faith, will make you become ostracized, feeling Alone even in the midst of the crowd. But saints once again, you may be Alone, you may be by yourself, but you are never Alone. You can be Alone, but not Alone. For the Christian, in the natural, yes, you may be faced with the lack of social relationships, the lack of companionship, the lack of emotional support. But in the Spirit Realm, no saints, you are never Alone. Jesus said He would be with us always even unto the end of the world (Matthew 28). The Father has declared that He will never leave us nor forsake us (Hebrews 13). And don't forget the innumerable amount of angels that the Father has placed at His disposal to minister to us at His will (Hebrews 1). We Are Not Alone. But what we have to learn to do now is tap into the Spirit Realm and find solace and comfort in Cosmic Companionship with the Father and with the Son in and through the Holy Spirit. How do you do this? By Faith. Once we learn to find our Companionship in Christ and support from the Spirit Realm of Heaven and the Kingdom of God, in the natural we may be alone, but in the Spirit, Not Alone.

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