566 Days Saved  -  A Walk with Christ 

-Tune In the Lord -

But Jesus often withdrew to Lonely places and prayed. John 5:16

We all know people who are afraid to be alone. Maybe it is you? They need to constantly have people around them because being alone with themselves terrifies them. Why is this? It's because they do not know themselves well enough to be okay with being alone.  

Loneliness or being alone is actually a blessing. For all the prophets in the Bible it was through their loneliness of times when they were able to hear Gods voice. Moses was all alone on the mountain when he saw God in the burning bush! Job finally sought God out when he was alone and scared in the whale. Jesus would retreat to lonely places like the desert in order to spend time with God! 

It is when we are alone or even feel lonely is when we can tune out the noisy world, tune out people's voices and finally hear our fathers voice. That small, still, quiet voice comes through when God has our attention in the midst of what we thought was loneliness. 

The Challenge: 

Find moments to be alone! Skip a Saturday night out with your usual social group! Go to dinner or a movie by yourself! Loneliness is a good thing because it teaches us how to tune out the world and instead tune in our Lord!