Have you ever had times where you just feel completely alone? You can be surrounded by a bunch of people, but still feel invisible? Joshua 1:5 says “No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. I will be with you, just as I was with Moses. I will not leave you or forsake.”
Even with that verse in mind, why can it be so hard to really believe that? I mean, God is listening to your hard times and happy times and still has time to listen to everyone else in the world? How is that possible? He’s God. He knows things that we could only wish to know. He knows our past, present, and future and yet, still loves us.
There have been plenty of days that I have felt so alone. I didn’t know where to go or who to talk to. With God, I know he is there and listening, but for me, I long for the person who I talk to, to be there physically. I want to hear their response to what I am dealing with. I want them to wrap me up in a big hug and tell me that everything will be okay.
Why is it so difficult for me to really just sit down and talk to God, to go somewhere quiet and have my devotion, pray and read my Bible? It shouldn’t be this hard or even hard at all. Again, I just want Him to physically be here. I want that hug from my heavenly Father saying everything is going to be alright. Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
No matter what you are dealing with, and no matter if you think nobody is actually listening, think again. Your heavenly Father is always listening and wants you to spend time with him and tell him everything going on in your life.
