ALONE
Attentive
Loyal
Omnipresent
Never-Failing
Encourager
God has promised to be with us until the
end of the age. So, why do we feel utterly adrift at times? Why are we caught
so off guard by situations that arise? Ministry is a never ending opportunity
to cry out to God for the overwhelming needs experienced by His people. Seldom
does a day pass without a crisis. Each demand has the potential to draw us
closer to, or drive us further from the presence of God.
Remembering the attributes of our Father
in Heaven, will keep us from falling into the abyss. I address this question to
all the parents reading this post: Do you listen for and respond to the cry of
your children?
Of course you do!
The first attribute of God we should
explore today is His attentiveness. God is always paying attention to us, He
sees and hears EVERYTHING. This is especially true in His house.
Psalm 34:15
The eyes of the Lord
are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. (KJV)
As long as we have accepted Christ, strive
daily to live for him, quickly repent when we get it wrong, God covers us with
the righteousness of His Son, Jesus. Grace has been defined as “un-merited
favor” for decades…It was the first thing I learned as a Christian. We do not
deserve God’s grace or attention, but He offers both freely because of Christ
in us. God is Attentive!
Proverbs 18:23-24
23 The
poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly. 24 A man that hath friends must shew
himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
(KJV)
The world seems to be full of beggars,
abusers, disloyal friends, and manipulators each angling for their best
advantage. We cannot frustrate ourselves by judging motivations we have no
control over. Just put complete trust in that friend that sticks closer than a
brother…Knowing He is Christ. God is Loyal.
There is no denying that struggles with
health, problems in our marriages, financial stress, and family issues pop
their ugly heads up into our lives, but God and His grace are greater than any
of these problems. God has not and will not ever abandon us while we hold our
confession of faith tightly. There is nowhere we can go that God cannot reach
us. When we begin to feel alone, remember God is Attentive to our cries. He is a Loyal friend. God is Omnipresent.
He is the Never-Failing God. Our
Father in Heaven is an Encourager to
all His children.
Psalm 139:8-10
8 If
I go up to the heavens, you are there; if
I make my bed in the depths, you are there. 9 If
I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, 10 even
there your hand will guide me, your right hand will
hold me fast. (NIV)
Never doubt that God is
aware of exactly where you are and what you ae facing. He has a purpose for
everything we go through and He has promised to go through it with us. We are
never ALONE.
Hebrews 13:5-6, 8-9
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,” 6 so that we confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What will man do to me?”… 8 Jesus
Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 9 Do
not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the
heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were
so occupied were not benefited. (NASB)
God’s love for us never changes. His plan
for us is never undone. Even when the problems we are facing are of our own
making, by that I mean, if we have fallen into some sin or another, God gentle
calls us back into a fresh relationship with Him. We will not be consumed by
our failures, problems, or shortcomings when we return to the Never-failing love God has for us. We
can just get off the rollercoaster and put trust completely in Him.
Malachi 3:6
6 For
I am the Lord,
I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. (KJV)
God has called each of us and has gifted
every one of us to accomplish His plan with our lives. He has not changed His
mind. He has not repossessed the gifting He gave any of us. He waits for our
response and uses us to show mercy to one another.
Romans
11:29-31
29 For
the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. 30 For as ye in times past have not
believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: 31 Even so have these also now not
believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. (KJV)
The
hymn “God Leads Us Along” has been going through my head for about a week now.
I’m fixated on the words of the chorus, “Some through the water, some through
the flood, some through the fire, but all through the Blood, some through great
sorrow but God gives a song in the night season and all the day long.”
No matter what our struggles or the
obstacles in our path it is God Who leads us along. He will never leave us, and
He will see us through every difficulty.
Psalm 90:2
2 Before the mountains
were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
Our Heavenly Father is our Attentive, Loyal, Omnipresent, Never-failing, Encourager. Don’t get this wrong. He is not the magic wand we wave
at every trouble or care. He is the Creator of ALL things, the Giver of Life,
and an ever-present help in times of trouble. We are not attempting to redefine
the word alone. We are using what we know about the attributes of God to
express God’s love, grace and faithfulness toward His children. We are NEVER
alone.
John 14:18
18 I will not leave you as orphans
[comfortless, desolate, bereaved, forlorn, helpless]; I will come [back] to
you. (AMP)
Yes
– Problems are real, but the truth of God’s Word, and His Spirit working in us
overcomes the temporal limitation we face; because Christ is working in us an
eternal plan. It is my hope that in some small way God has used this message to
bring encouragement into the hearts of all who read it. When we begin to feel
overwhelmed, dismayed, or cast aside, focus on the nature of God and by His
grace we will never feel alone as long as His Word is burning in our hearts.
8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. (KJV)
May the Grace of Christ be with you, He is the comforter of the oppressed.
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