ALONE?

NOT ALONE, BUT ALONE

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

  Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage. Do not fear nor be afraid of them. For Jehovah your God is He who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.

  John 13:33-35 Little children, I am with you yet a little while. You shall seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, Where I go, you cannot come, so I now say to you. I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. As I have loved you, you should also love one another. By this all shall know that you are My disciples, if you have love toward one another.

  James 1:16-25 Do not err, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness nor shadow of turning. Of His own will He brought us forth with the Word of truth, for us to be a certain firstfruit of His creatures. Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. For the wrath of man does not work out the righteousness of God. Therefore putting aside all filthiness and overflowing of evil, receive in meekness the implanted Word, which is able to save your souls. But become doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man studying his natural face in a mirror. For he studied himself and went his way, and immediately he forgot what he was like. But whoever looks into the perfect Law of liberty and continues in it, he is not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work. This one shall be blessed in his doing.

  As God’s children, we are never alone.

  As Christians, we are sometimes alone.

  God’s Word emphasizes that He will not, does not, leave family members alone. (Deut.31:6; Heb.13:5)

  A different tale when it comes to people. As experienced by Jesus there will be times when brethren will leave us alone. We must not emotionally let such aloneness influence the truth of God as steadfast companion to His John 1:12 sons and daughters.

  Received a note from a Christian sister that has been steadily maturing in the years I’ve known her. Her life is a difficult one that I, having never “been there” cannot even imagine. As several times in the past, she expressed her constant and increasing desire for fellowship on an upward plane, something she has nothing of from her biological family.

  More and more she is looking to Scripture for life. Recently she did a study to discover her Holy Spirit gifts. Help & Assistance was no surprise to those that know her.

  Excited, she e-contacted “… over 6 people … asking what their gifts are and how they study the Bible?” . . . without response from any one on either part of her question. This leaving her feeling alone and with the very proper question of why no response from these professing Christians?

  There could be a number of answers, including nothing to share because they don’t study the Bible, don’t know their gifts; don’t much care.

  I say to her and others enthusiastic about their relationship with God and His family: Love one another as He loves us. Let’s live by the perfect law of liberty letting not one brother or sister feel alone. 

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