Lonely

There are times in our lives when God's desire for us is to come to the wilderness or desert in order to get closer to Him. What that translates into is that sometimes we must leave the crowd, the familiar things, the ordinary daily routine and get away to find God. We are the body of Christ and we need one another to hold each other up, the strengthen one another. But their are times when we need to be strengthened in the Lord. King David did this when he spent time all alone on a hillside with only his sheep. Jesus did this may times during His ministry when he withdrew to solitary places. We grow together, with one another. Bill Johnson writes on this: God brings moments into our lives when we have to stand alone in difficulty and testing. God will even blind the eyes and deafen the ears of our closest friends in those moments so we can learn to minister to ourselves. He is talking about strengthening ourselves in the Lord. This means that there are those times in our lives when God wants us to come directly to Him. To spend time with Him and seek Him only. This is hard for many people. We need our friendships, we need our mentors, we need our families. But more than anything else we need God Himself. He is a friend who sticks closer than a brother, the Holy Spirit is more wise than any man, and when we truly trust God, He is our Abba Father and we are His children. So when those moments come when you feel lonely; go to God. Seek Him. Spend time strengthening yourself in the Lord.