Never Alone

I find it interesting that I have gone so long without writing, but now that I am back (daily and intensely) in the Word, I feel like I have so much to share. Proof my "gift and love for writing" is from the Lord and it is through Him and in Him that I find anything worth saying!

So in my study this morning, the topic was "Crucified". The focal passage was Galatians 2:20, which was one of the first verses I memorized after committing my life to Christ on May 12, 2001. It says, "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me." Such good stuff!

Now, I could write so much about this mornings study, but for me, the part that stuck out was the idea of God never leaving or forsaking. I had heard that all my life and quoted it, but the way it was put this morning on WHY for some reason blew me away. Let me show you the verse parallel I'm talking about.

Matthew 27:45-46 - "Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour. About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?"

Romans 8:38-39 - "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Hebrews 13:5 - "Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, "I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU."

Think about that. Because our Savior agreed to have the sins of the world heaped upon Him and experience separation from the Father, we will never be forsaken. Jesus bore the full force of rejection by humanity and separation from the Father and so we never will. Does that blow anyone else away?? That makes me not only stand in awe of Jesus, but makes me do a happy dance at the fact that BECAUSE of Jesus I won't have to know what that feels like. The gravity of that is overwhelming. When I feel like everyone is "too busy" or just blatantly doesn't want to be around me, when I feel like I'm all alone, it not only doesn't compare to what Christ suffered on the cross, but also that I still have a Daddy who is right by my side through it all. So my encouragement to you, if you feel alone, seek out your Father who is by your side and "will never leave you or forsake you."

"Oh PRAISE THE ONE who paid my debt and raise this life up from the dead."