Are you experiencing the pain of loneliness today? Are you feeling forgotten by friends, forsaken by the ones who are supposed to love you? Look to Jesus and see that He died on the cross and experienced utter loneliness in your place. He died alone so He could unite you with God and send His Spirit to always be with you. He rose to give you a new life of love and joy that is shared with people throughout time and around the world.
You are not alone, but you are loved! God has placed you in His family. Through His Son Jesus, God has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered you from the domain of darkness and transferred you to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom you have redemption, the forgiveness of sins (Colossians 1:12-14).
Embrace your feelings of loneliness as an invitation from Jesus to draw near to Him (James 4:8), to experience His love more deeply (Romans 5:1-8), to fellowship with Him in His sufferings (Philippians 3:10). Offer up the pain of your loneliness to Jesus and receive the comfort of His Spirit, for as you do, you will experience sweet intimacy with your Lord that will eclipse all your feelings of loneliness.
Question: How does looking to Jesus’ sacrificial death on the cross and His glorious resurrection bring relief from feelings of loneliness?
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Judy writes, "Lord as I look to You I see all your Son has gone through for me, He has suffered so much loneliness in being separated from You and also all mankind as He died for all. How could I think to ever come close to what He suffered for me? Yet help me to look to Him and remember this when I feel out of sorts. Help me to look to You. Amen."
Austin writes, "Jesus truly knows what loneliness is. he was separated from the father when He hung on the cross. That just tears me from the inside out. But He did it in love. knowing that going to the cross to pay the penalty for our sin and take full force punishment would reconnect us with God. The ultimate act of love and mercy John 15:13" Jen writes, "Jesus endured the ultimate loneliness on the cross so that I would never experience that type of loneliness. His sacrifice is love in action, fulfillment of the promises that God will never leave me nor forsake me. I am never alone!!!!"
Mike L. writes, "Imagine the union that Jesus had with God and the Holy Spirit, could three beings be closer than that!? I think not, yet Jesus willingly left that blessed union to come and set me free, free from sin, death, suffering, and loneliness. For the joy set before Him, He endured the cross, God His Father turned away from Him, how crushing that must have been, I can't even imagine what it would have been like to take on the sins of the entire world for all its existence, let alone just mine, yet Jesus willingly did that for me. Now I will be with Him eternally, so when I get lonely I will think upon such things and endure the time I have on this earth and look forward to eternity. Thank you, Lord Jesus, for being my best friend, never leaving me nor forsaking me, but rather sending your blessed Holy Spirit to comfort me! What a beautiful Savior we have!!"