Isaiah 53:3, He was despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised and we did not esteem Him.

Loneliness is defined as: “a solitary state of being that causes emptiness, a secluded feeling from society or people.” It can envelope us into a consuming torment that affects and hinders every aspect of our spiritual and physical lives. We become stripped of our energy and rendered with a feeling of utter desolation; leading us to believe the lie that nobody cares about us and we don’t matter. It filters away the light from our souls and replaces that light with shadows of unacceptance, discomfort and rejection. Our hearts become imprisoned by this and before we know it, we’ve distanced ourselves from God. We become so preoccupied with our emotional state that we turn inward instead of upward. Now we’ve opened the door for this loneliness to enclose itself around us like a huge wall of entrappment locking us into its prison. We begin drowning in our self-pity and feel there’s no way out; therefore submitting to the mindsets of hopelessness and despair. These feelings are a common thread among suicide victims. They get to such a detrimental state of emotional instability that they allow their minds to cave in to the lies of the devil. Then the devil takes their lives from them as they succumb willingly to his plot of destruction. We must realize that Satan is a liar and his main purposes on this earth is to kill, steal and destroy, according to John 10:10.

What causes this loneliness to come upon us? I believe that we ourselves are the cause! Loneliness is caused by a distorted logic. We allow wrong patterns of thinking to enter into our minds and our flesh feeds off of this. We begin to question the Love of the Father and we feel that God has left us. Our mind is a powerful weapon that can be used against us as our enemy…even though it’s part of our own body! This happens by dropping our guard! When we drop our guard around our mind, we are in essence extending an open invitation for the enemy to come in through that opened door and stay for coffee! He waits for the moment we drop our guard. That’s why the Bible sends out such strong warnings about guarding and securing our minds! Loneliness is painful and when we really consider the message that it’s sending to us we will find it to be this: “being homesick for God.” Somewhere along the line we have moved away from God and because of this distance we have become susceptible to the attacks of Satan. He never stops attacking us, but his attacks can prevail when we aren’t under our Father’s covering! When we are enveloped in God’s covering we are hidden from the arrows that Satan shoots at us. When we have removed ourselves from that covering then those arrows hit us right where it hurts. Satan knows our bull’s eye!

People can’t fill our well of loneliness inside of us…only God can! When we feel lonely it isn’t simply because we need people around us, it’s because our very souls are crying out for God! You can be in a room filled with people and still feel lonely. We were created for the sole purpose of being partakers in close fellowship with God.

We aren’t alone in experiencing feelings of loneliness and sorrows; Jesus Himself experienced these feelings. When He was in the garden of Gethsemane the Bible says in Matthew 26:38 that “His souls was exceedingly sorrowful…” He desired for the disciples to stay awake with Him and pray, but they didn’t. They left Him alone and fell asleep. Jesus was in great distress in His heart as He looked toward the Cross of Calvary. He knew it was the Fathers’ Will and He loved the Fathers’ Will so much more than his own. As our perfect High Priest He acquainted Himself with these because He desired to experience the same emotions His children would. His Great Love for us compelled Him to suffer at the Cross! No greater Love has been demonstrated to the extent that Jesus has shown. This Great love should move us to gratefulness and thanks. Jesus is our life-jacket through times of loneliness. He keeps us afloat. He won’t allow us to drown! Our relationship with Jesus withstands the tide of loneliness that attempts to overtake us. I believe that we can use these feelings that are accompanied by loneliness as a warning sign telling us that we must go deeper in to Jesus. Loneliness is a stagnant feeling in our spirit that tells us we need nourished by the water of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit longs to consume our hearts and fill our souls with such satisfaction and fullness of joy. When we are filled, there is no way that the gates of hell can prevail against us; because our spirit is strong enough to overcome our flesh. If we continually feed our spirit with Truth, it will abound in victory time and time again. All the doors to our heart will be closed and locked up tight and satan will have no avenue of entrance. When he finds he can’t get in he’ll leave! It goes back to choice. We either choose to be victorious through the Blood of Jesus, or a victim of the one who kills, steals and destroys. Satan hates us and he wants to claim every one of our souls. Don’t allow him to play deadly games with your mind! Set your mind upon the Spirit of Truth and use the Sword as your means of defense. You will come out in victory every time and he will lose his claim upon your life. Satan meant for the feeling of loneliness to bring destruction and despair upon us, but God can turn it and use it for the good if we recognize it as a warning to go deeper into Him. When we go deeper into Him, there is safety and stability there. Open your eyes to the schemes of the enemy and stand boldly against them. God has placed within us a “sound” mind and we are created in the “likeness” of God. Our mind belongs to God, not the devil! Don’t invite him in to render chaos in your life. Stand firm and embrace the Salvation of our God!

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