You Are Not Alone

You may be a believer today, but you feel all alone.  Maybe you feel forsaken and you are very discouraged and, maybe, you can’t even figure out why.  I have good news for you, please read on.  In John 14:18 Jesus said this to His disciples, “I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you.”  Even though Jesus was telling them He was going to leave them and go back to His Father, He wasn’t going to leave His disciples comfortless and He will not abandon us either.

The Greek word for the word comfortless in this text means orphanos which is where we get the word orphan.  I got this from my devotional called ‘Sparkling Gems’ by Rick Renner.  If you have never read this devotional, I would personally highly recommend it.  What do you think about when you think about an orphan?  A person that has no parents and that is true.  Jesus was everything to these disciples; a mother and father, a teacher, a provider, a protector and a friend and also a healer and a mentor.  Like I said, Jesus was everything to them and now He was talking about leaving them, what do you think they would feel like?  Think of this, after leaving everything and following Jesus, which is what the disciples did, and now they hear He is leaving.

But there was also great news, praise the Lord; He would send them the comforter that would be in them, the Holy Spirit, who would always be present with them.  They would never be alone and one day Jesus would return and take them back with Him.  

Sometimes we go through what I would call dry times or valley experiences, where we can’t seem to get in touch with the Lord for a period of time and we can feel forsaken, but when these times happen we need to stand on the promises of God and continue to do what we know we should be doing.  Maybe at these times we are being tested or maybe there is unconfessed sin in our lives and we are being corrected, but the Lord still loves us.  I believe that sin separates us from the Lord but He doesn’t just throw us away, He lovingly corrects us to get our attention to get us to repent and when we do He faithfully forgives us and restores us back to fellowship with Him because He knows what sin will do in our lives.

I hope this has been an encouragement to you and I also hope you will have a blessed day.  God bless you and yours will His perfect peace, love and joy!!