Alone In Christ

Alone In Christ

                Are you alone in Christ or just alone? Being alone is mental status that can break even the strongest willed person. If can affect anybody in many ways. There are too many factors to measure in to why one would feel alone. To continue in this status of “alone” for a long time can cause many long term issues to an individual and even bleed over to create relationship, family and work issues as well.

                The Bible talks extensively on matters that can cause one to feel alone. How can we, however, be alone in Christ? This article is a look at just 4 ways we as humans can find ourselves feeling alone. These 4 mental statuses; loneliness, failure, guilt and fear are all things that can cripple us as humans as well as work to tear apart our spiritual fiber and our walk with Christ. How does Christ want us to view these 4 types of aloneness? Let’s look at the Word of God and see how instead of being alone, we can be alone in Christ and defeat these 4 mental road blocks to our walk with Christ and life in the Spirit.

Alone In Loneliness

Matthew 28:20b lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

              In Christ’s final words to His disciples He states; “I am with you always”. Always is not part time, it is not tomorrow, it is not seldom. It means every second of every minute of every day. Speaking to His disciples and to those who believe in Him, Christians, He is making a point before He ascends to Heaven that He is always here with us in our hearts, in our souls, linked to us by the Holy Spirit.

                For how long will be with us? Some translations of the Word state age whereas the King James Version states “unto the end of the world”. Age, end of the world, both mean until this age, or world as we know it ends, which is when Christ returns to earth to claim His bride, the church.

                Remember this when you have moments of loneliness in your life: Christ, bonded to you by His Holy Spirit, the living Son of God, the King of Kings and our Lord of Lords is always with you. As a believer it is an intimate relationship that Christ wants us to seek with Him. To “walk in the Spirit” as we are commanded to do is to walk continuously with Christ. We are never alone. The one who was in the beginning of it all, whom created it all and for which all was created is with us always.

                Turn your loneliness to Christ. When in need reach out, call out, talk to the one who is ALWAYS there with you. Seek out that intimate relationship with your Lord and Savior. It is in a continuous intimate walk with Christ that we see the bouts of loneliness lifted from our shoulders as we find that we are never really ever alone.

Alone In Failure

Psalms 103:10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our iniquities.

We are human. And as humans born into this world of sin we are born into sin. We are imperfect. We have imperfections and impurities and because of such we are not worthy to stand even near the presence of God. Due to our sins, God sent His Son, Christ, to die for our sins. Examine the scope of this action.

                Christ, who was perfect, paid our debt. Our debt was to be cast out, to be destroyed for our sins, for our failures. God needed this price, this sentence to be carried out. Before we could even see the judge Christ stepped in for us and took our punishment. He bore all and was crushed for our imperfections. With this price being paid we no longer, as born again Christians stand guilty or imperfect before God. Yes we still fail and have imperfections but in the eyes of God we are no longer failures for we are sealed in our salvation.

                As this verse states, at the end of our time here on earth, when our body dies and our spirit moves on we will not be dealt with according to our sins. We will not be punished for our imperfections for we are paid for; we are cleared of our verdict. When faced with your failure, when your imperfections weight you down remember your salvation. Turn your eyes upon Christ for He has covered your failures with His blood.

Alone In Guilt

Psalms 103:13 As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Many who are born again in Christ still feel a measure of guilt for past sins they may have committed. This is the reassurance given to us by the Psalmist in this verse. When we are forgiven we are forgiven.

                Are you a born again believer and still feeling remnants of guilt from the past? If so give them over to Christ. Lay the guilt at His feet. When we come to Christ and bare the blame for our transgressions and confess He takes the guilt from us. His sacrifice on the cross was for your sins, for your punishment and to remove the guilt from you. When we confess and give our convictions to Him He forgives completely and takes our guilt. Christ’s desire is to bear that burden for you.

                As far as the east is from the west, that is a measurement far greater then you, far reaching then we can. The writers of the Word often use these measurements and comparisons as a way of explaining in fashion, “as much as you think is possible, you are forgiven, and God has cleared you from all your sins.” Place that guilt at the cross. Christ does not want you to carry that burden. He picked up a wooden cross and was crushed on it so you would not continue on in guilt if you truly believe in your salvation and your forgiveness.

Alone In Fear

Psalms 118:6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?

What can man possibly do to you? Yes, man here on earth could do you bodily harm. Is that a fear in your life? Money issues, job issues, legal issues, these are all things we can fear. They are all things that can harm our earthly lives here in this life. Do we look at the grand picture when we weigh our fears?

                We as humans place a time line on our lives as well as value to what we have and how we live on earth. What is God’s time line? What is His value on things that we have and how we live? His time line is eternal. This life we live on earth is short, temporary and very soon to end in comparison to eternity. Our life is but a vapor in the grand scheme of eternity.

                God does not want us to place such value on things here on earth, including our life as it will all turn to dust. If we are believers, if we are children of God and sealed in our salvation what is this life here on earth worth compared to our life in eternity with our Lord where we will have no fears, no worries, no sickness and no pain? Do not fear, what we have after this life is better than even the grandest life we could ever possibly live here on earth.

                What can another man possibly do to us? Even if our lives are threatened, even if we are killed what is that to us? As a Christian this should be a blessing, for it quickens your arrival to our Lord and Master. You are sealed in Heaven so nothing on this earth, even the end of your life should cause you any fear. Paul said in the Bible that to be persecuted and killed for his belief and service to Christ would be a victory. Indeed it would be a victory for as our life on earth would end we would in an instant be alive for all eternity in the presence of our amazing Lord.

                Are you alone today or alone in Christ? How are you handling these statuses of aloneness?

Take action today. Bring these thoughts to Christ and instead of being alone be with Christ.

In Christ,

C. Speakman of WH