We are Not Alone

If you are a Christian you are never alone. But Christians often 'feel' all alone.

Jesus is with You. "Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Col. 1:27). The Holy Spirit also indwells you (Rom. 8:9-11). God is with you. You are full of God and therefore secure, protected, and sustained in Christ. You are not alone. It may feel at times like you are, as winds, storms and floods come at you; but it is merely an illusion of aloneness because the truth is you are indwelt. God possesses your soul and no foe can barge in and take over (John 10:27-29). You can know this for sure (1 John 5:11-13), so tell yourself the truth about that.

There is another sense in which Christians sometimes feel alone, and on this front, sometimes they have a point, sort of. It is kind of like the Elijah syndrome, where you tell God no one else believes, no one else is faithful but you, no one else cares like you do, no one wants God like you. Of course, like God reminded Elijah in 1 Kings 19, he was wrong, God had 7,000 who had not bowed their knee to a false god, but Elijah wasn't aware of them for some reason.

Christians need other Christians but sometimes Christians repel or reject other Christians. They do it knowingly and unknowingly but do it nonetheless. How sad that family members would do that to one another, but it has happened since the Church was born. Remember Paul trying to associate with fellow believers after his conversion to Christ? No one believed he was for real (Acts 9:26-27).

We are never alone in Christ. We have God, and we have our brothers and sisters in Christ who also believe, and are there for our up building. It is a mutual pursuit, that of finding 'kindred spirits' with which to navigate the treacherous waters of this world. Everyone should have a band of brothers and sisters who they call 'friend'. When you find someone like that you consider them a gift from God. When you are that to someone else you are cherished.

May all who name the Name of Jesus have a deep awareness of their position in Christ; of being indwelt and may they know the sweet fellowship of God and His continual presence. May they also know the beautiful comfort of having many fellow travellers with which they have a common bond in Christ, mutually supporting one another to the glory of God.