have you ever felt so lonely and alone that you wondered why God wants you to be alone it can be so frustrating not knowing and even worse knowing that he himself put you in this state and knows exactly how you feel Lewis says that God is always working on us like a work of art a house he is fixing everything that is out of place and suddenly he brings changes that can even be painful but necessary so do not fear for he has placed you exactly where you need to be at this moment in your life friends and family may have left you even those you never thought could turn their backs on you were the first to withdraw probably everything happened so fast and left a big void in you but take heart because God created this void in your heart that only he can fill Lewis also says how God shouts in our pains to wake us up perhaps to wake us up to reality and show us his plans for us if the loneliness feels painful now believe me he never abandons us maybe all these people came into your life just to distance you from him and they kept you in the dark all these years so when life becomes meaningless boring and difficult it is is because we are filling it with anything but him and this void must be occupied by him and only by him Matthew 6:33 says but seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you in the Silence of the heart God speaks and if you have God in your prayer and silence God will still speak to you revelation 3:2 he says behold I stand at the door and knock if anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into him and eat with him and he with me and then you will know that you are nothing because it is only when you realize your loneliness and insignificance and your emptiness that God can fill you with himself so let him no person no possession no profession or POS position can fill the cup of an empty heart Philippians 4: 19 says my God Will Supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus only he can fill this void and sometimes God takes you to these places where it seems you are alone because he simply wants to call you I want you to know that you have not been forgotten I want you to know know that you are not alone as it says in Hebrews 13:5 I will never leave you or forsake you I want you to know that he hears you at some point in our lives we all experience the feeling of being alone being alone does not necessarily mean being in an empty room with no one but yourself because sometimes even when you are in the company of others you still feel that sense of loneliness and so one of the revealing things about being a Christian no matter how new the claim is a new understanding and appreciation for being alone sometimes as Christians we have to be alone sometimes we have to withdraw from the crowd as Jesus did and commit ourselves to the Lord in prayer yes there is a time to have fellowship with other believers but there is also time to have fellowship with our Lord feeling alone is a moment when we can build a stronger relationship with the Lord drawing closer to him in prayer only God can fill this void I want you to understand that God wants you to talk to him as you would with a friend and he would not turn you away he calms us as it says in 1 Peter 5:7 casting all your anxieties on him because he cares for you the peace God gives us when our focus is on him is inexplicable as it says in Philippians 4:7 and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus his peace makes you stop worrying about everyone and everything else that is bothering you he reminds us that he loves us and that we should not worry because he will take care of us and so if we focus on God if we keep our focus on God we will know and understand that we are never alone as it says in Matthew 28:20 and behold I Am With You Always to the end of the age and God is always near and he is near now and God is working in our lives for his purposes we can trust him with all our hearts Romans 8 verse 28 confirms this by saying and we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him who have been called according to his purpose so we never need to think that he is far away because his holy presence goes before us so close your eyes and take a deep breath you can feel his presence it is almost patience and now you realize what you have taken for granted and now you can fill those moments of loneliness with the truth you can fill them with the truth that you are surrounded by the constant presence of one the key is to know that you always have this everpresent companion with you and that is what he wants you to achieve by making you feel lonely be encouraged in the loving presence of your savior knowing that he is always by your side a characteristic of healthy and loving marriages is that the husband and wife see that they carve out their intimate time alone and so even with a house full of children and a revolving door of guests they spend time together they spend time loving each other and so is the vibrant believer with our Lord one Delight among others in the newborn heart is to prioritize and create Seasons to be alone with God to listen to him in his word and respond in prayer so remember the example the Savior gave us in Matthew Chapter 14 verse 23 when he sent the crowd away he went up on the mountain apart to pray and when evening came he was there alone a lonely day is God's way of saying he wants to spend quality time with you so you are never alone when you are alone with God everything that is created arises from silence your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence your mind arises from this emptiness and your very essence emerges from the void but in Isaiah 50:4 it says the Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary morning by morning he awakens he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught now all this creativity requires some form of quiet or another and so your goals and Ambitions May draw you away from others and you may need to be alone to silence them and so God wants you to achieve your goals so he wants you to be alone it is much better to be alone than to be with those who hinder your progress it is often said that if you want to go fast go alone and if you want to go far go together so God may be in the fast and alone God realizes this God realizes that for you to go alone you need to go light and fast so if you find yourself alone you will have a better understanding of this and feel less lonely God is trying to build a sense of Independence although not independence from him but independence from man as it says in Jeremiah 17:5 cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength whose heart turns away from the Lord and so every time you trust in man don't you see that it fails every time you trusted that man every time you trust trusted that woman every time you trusted that boy or girl what did it bring you it brought you disappointment after disappointment it let you down so please trust in God as it says in Proverbs 3:5 trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding that is the main reason why he wants you to be alone that is the main reason why the thing you tried didn't work out that is the main reason why the person you trusted let you down that is the main reason why it seemed everything was going right but then something went wrong and you parted ways that man you thought you couldn't live without that woman you thought you couldn't live without finally left you she left you he left you that job you thought was your life you were f from it well guess what you are still alive in Psalm 145:14 it says the Lord upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down so if God wants you to be alone he wants to birth something in you these periods of loneliness are the best periods in a man's life believe it or not they are the moments when you really do a soul search Jesus loved quiet time in Luke 5:16 but Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed he loved the quiet and solitary time he loved those moments when man could communicate with his lover and his God so please and please God is taking people out of your life if you see that people are leaving you unnecessarily and you know there is nothing wrong wrong on your part just keep in mind that God is trying to separate you from them in 2 Corinthians 6 verse 17 therefore go out from their midst and be separate from them says the Lord and touch no unclean thing then I will welcome you the Bible says go out from their midst and be separate God is trying to make you different something that is different can be despised but at some point what is being despised will be honored as it says in James 4: 10 humble yourselves before the Lord and He will exalt you so God is trying to prepare you for Honor now let's go to a moment of prayer so he can hear our hearts Lord God In This Moment of loneliness I come before you in prayer I know that you have placed me exactly where I need to be in this fa days of my life help me to understand that this void in my heart can only be filled by you and no one else even when friends and family withdraw I trust that you are always by my side give me strength to see your guiding hand in my life even in moments of darkness and uncertainty teach me to seek you in prayer and to feel your comforting presence help me not to depend on men but to place my total trust in you knowing that you will never disappoint me Lord fill the void in my heart with your peace love and joy may I find joy in your presence and comfort in your constant love help me to see these moments of loneliness as opportunities to grow closer to you and strengthen my faith thank you Lord for never abandoning me and for always being present even when I feel alone may I feel your presence in every moment and be reminded that you are with me until the end of time in Jesus's name I pray amen thank you very much for watching until the end and participating in this prayer when you feel lonely know that God is separating you for something great so do not feel lonely do not feel depressed God is on the throne so let him fill that space and let him grow in you let him occupy more let him occupy more and more spaces in you and remember that this God is a great God I see you coming out stronger I see you building Kingdom relationships even as you let go and let God God bless you [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music]