I was praying yesterday for our Generation Church, which is our youth group we help out with. I was asking God for something to share with our group of kids. The night ended without the chance of me being able to speak about it and it is still on my heart today.
One of the enemies biggest lies that we believe is: "You are Alone."
God wants you to know that you are NOT alone! I've previously struggled with loneliness, especially during the newness of being a stay at home mommy. I felt like no one was around and unfortantely twisted it to blaming my husband for not being home enough. Yet, he was working and making the means for us to own our first house and feed our first baby. I know what it is like to feel that depression and frustration of "no one" being around. I just wanted a friend. I just wanted to talk to someone. I did not want my husband to go to work and I wanted him to come home early. I would get so frustrated that he had to stay later at work. I finally came to realize that his customers are the ones paying our bills. There is no other income.
Satan wants us to believe that we are alone. When in fact, we are not. Do we realize how many others are feeling the same way? What if all us lonely people got together, then we wouldn't be so lonely right? Satan works by creating a gap between people. If he gets people out of relationship with each other then he is on the right path. Just like with Adam and Eve, Satan made a way for a gap between God and his people (ultimately by lying to them). God made us for relationships. "How good and pleasant it is when brothers live in unity."-ps 133:1 We've all grown up with a "best friend" or a group of close friends. It's fun sharing life with those people and you find yourself wanting to be around that person or people all the time because it makes life richer. So why wouldn't Satan attack that part of our life? He wants us to live seperate lives where there is no vulnerability and where its easy to put on a facade when you walk out the front door. He has won when we close ourselves off to others. He has won when we put on our fake face to impress others. Satan does not want us to stand up together, because there is strength in numbers. It is harder for the enemy to bring you down when you are supported by a friend.
"God sets the lonely in families" -Ps 68:6
God does not want you to be alone. It says in his written word that he sets you in a family! But that doesn't necessarily mean that he will physically pick you up and transport you and drop you into a perfect family. He definitely could if he wanted to but...sometimes this loneliness feeling needs to be fought by the one feeling lonely. We need to pick ourselves up and take our eyes off of ourselves and go be a friend to someone else. I was reading today in the Message Bible, Matthew 7:12 "Here is a simple, rule-of-thumb guide for behavior: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you, then grab the iniative and do it for them..." We got to get out of ourselves and go help the ones who are truly lonely. We have to remember in the darkness of feeling alone that, "its not about me!" We have the power within us to rise up against the enemies lies. God lives within us therefore we have the power to say no to the lies and yes to the truth! This is one thing that God has been teaching me since I've been in high school. I need to go and be a friend to someone, not complain and feel bad for myself that no one is being a friend to me. Unfortunately, I still learn that lesson from time to time. But let's be to others what we want them to be to us. What a revolution for relationships in this world if we were to help others, the way we would want to be helped. The Word is so rich with relevant truth for today!
Proverbs 11:25 says, "A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed."
Thats some good stuff right there!
In our loneliness, let's be generous! It almost doesn't make sense but God's word is true and he keeps his promises. If we step out of our lonely mentality of thinking and give to someone else we will be refreshed. I don't know about you but I love that feeling of refreshed!
God wants YOU to know that YOU are NOT alone!
