LONELINESS
Brother James, OIC
Ps 38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
If you ever been bound by loneliness due to separation by divorce, death, or desertion. If you've ever been ostracized by family and friends due to struggles, bondages or poverty that’s come upon you. If you have reached a point in your life you have isolated yourself, have turned to what Gods Word says are the beggarly elements (Drugs, Alcohol, Immoralities, Wicked Imaginations, Evil Judgments, etc). If you've ever suffered the consequences wrong choices produce; consequences like prison, disease and negative addictions. If you are wondering if True Love really exists, if there is anyone you can trust that cares about you and can return the love that you know you yourself have given in the past and are willing to give again...there is.
It would seem right at this time to talk about God and the fact that God is Love this being the appropriate response. It would only be spiritually correct to mention that Jesus Never Leaves You Nor Forsakes You !
And you and I both need to be reminded of these things often. Things, in addition, like God will supply ALL OUR needs according to His riches and glory in Christ Jesus. Yet these Good Fruits should be found working in and through Gods People, Christ’s Body The Church. And it is this relationship in fellowship we need. But it seems we await Divine Intervention on those in need without lifting a finger to be that vessel of Promise;
2nd Corinthians 1:20 For all the Promise of God in Him are yea and in Him amen to the glory of God through us!
May 19th 2008 I was released from Prison. An accumulative 12 years has left me alone, divorced, avoided, considered hopeless, a failure, full of Gods Vision in me of OverComers In Christ Outreach Ministries but nowhere to start. I was Loved but rarely told, no longer made a part of family events, having to start over with nothing with no one to give the help GOD WANTS to give through them. Then I realized that most in today’s church do not know this; that delivering Gods Promises to others is their responsibility. And I had to realize it is more so my responsibility since I was given knowledge of this:
Mt 25:33-45 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
Loneliness began turning my heart to self pity, self absorption became the slave master then old sin crept in. I began looking at the false solutions the world offers. I was in depression being oppressed by the spiritual enemy. No transportation, no money, no one who loves me....poor, poor pitiful me. Then someone said I need to count my blessings WHAT? LIGHTS ON, ACTION! GOD BEGAN GRANTING ME REPENTANCE TO THE ACKNOWLEDGING OF TRUTH! And it was the Human Vessel that said to count my blessings that’s caused me to refocus on Gods Vision For Me: To Love Others As Christ Loved Me! Loneliness is just a snare the enemy Satan uses. As you and I become vessels of Gods Promises to others, God Says:
Isa 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
Nor will the enemies weapons prosper against you
