Take your pain to God.
| posted 1/30/2009
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Can God possibly understand loneliness? Scripture doesn't say God gets lonely, but He did create humankind, then watched us reject Him. He longs for you to have continual fellowship with Him, because that's the way He designed you.
The pain of loneliness, then, is not foreign to the One who made you to be like Himself (Genesis 1:27). This psalm, in fact, describes that pain: the author felt like an earthworm, something to be stepped on and squashed; he felt cornered by wild bulls and open-mouthed lions, weak as a dried-up piece of broken pottery with a heart like melted wax (22:6, 12-15). Which, if any, of those pictures describe how you've felt when you are lonely?
Notice also how the last nine verses of the psalm emphasize worshiping the Lord: "My praise shall be of You in the great assembly; I will pay my vows before those who fear Him" (22:25). What an appropriate antidote to loneliness-to enjoy God's presence, to live in an intense awareness that the One who created you for a love relationship with Him does protect you and keep you safe. (See also Psalm 68:4-6; Matthew 26:36-46; 2 Timothy 4:16-18; Revelation 3:20-22.)
Good Words to Remember:
When He cried to Him, He heard. Psalm 22:24
Today's Challenge:
Who is the first person you turn to in lonely times, and why?
Copyright 2001 by the author or Christianity Today International/Christian Bible Studies.
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