"Hey Marty, I'm in a bind. Can you help me," the voice on the phone
echoed frantically. Mickey was a regular at the store I managed, but he
hadn't been in that day.
Mickey was re-tinning his house and had
rented a lift to get materials from the ground to the roof but had
accidently slid from one section of the roof to another. He couldn't get
back to the lift, and the roof was too high for him to jump. Cars
screamed by, but no one stopped to help him. He did the only thing he
could do-call for assistance.
Elijah felt alone like Mickey. When
God asked what he was doing in a cave, he replied, "I have been very
zealous for the LORD God Almighty. I am the only one left, and now they
are trying to kill me too" (I Kings 19:10). But Elijah wasn't alone. His
counterpart Obadiah had hidden 100 believers in two caves, and God was
about to materialize in a gentle whisper.
I've discovered feeling
alone and being alone aren't necessarily identical situations. I can
feel alone in a crowd-and have. If I forget God's lesson to Elijah, I
can also feel alone-and shouldn't, when by myself.
God is always
with me, but I often expect his presence to manifest itself in
miraculous forms as Elijah did. But God doesn't have to appear in
earthquakes, winds and fires for us to experience comfort. He can soothe
my loneliness, anxieties, worries and fears just as powerfully through a
gentle "I'm here." When it seems everyone has forsaken you, remember God
is no more than a whisper away.
Prayer: Thank You merciful Lord
that You're always near and ready to relieve our loneliness.
Martin Wiles
Hodges, South Carolina, USA
Feeling Alone
Today's Bible Verse:
"I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. I am the only
one left, and now they are trying to kill me too" (I Kings 19:10)
Feeling Alone
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