GodReflection: Lonely? —Glad you are here, you are family.
God sent angels, a great company of heavenly hosts, and a star, to focus attention on the announcement superior to all announcements—the Savior for all humankind is born!
It is God’s exact right time to cure our loneliness and break into our history with hope. We human types love a grand announcement. In the 21st century spectacular flare—planned with careful detail—stages grand announcements. We are especially attentive when the news is good. Young ladies announce engagement rings. Newscasts announce lottery winners.
Should the announcement benefit me—so much the better. Here I am a recipient of the grandest of announcements.
First cousins to announcement are gospel, good news, herald, and evangelism. All come from the same New Testament word. The birth of Savior culminates in death on a cross and the resurrection of our Savior. That is the grand announcement for the 21st century.
It is the announcement that becomes the very definition of evangelism. It is the announcement of hope that cures loneliness. Of all stories, the evangelism announcement is the story at the heart of church. It is the story that gives hope to the lonely and that hope flows from the cross.
The horror of a cross is the symbol of God’s sacrificial act to restore His beloved creation to Himself and to its original state. It is the symbol that provides hope to cure our loneliness. There is no good news without the cross. Neither is there church without the cross where we are never alone.
As I go about being a saved and redeemed member of Christ’s church, I want an image of the cross to be dominant within my soul. Each day as a redeemed part of Christ’s body, I want to be attentive to Holy Spirit assignments to share the announcement. Doesn’t that pretty much describe church?
I want to let others know there is no need to be lonely, hope to cure our loneliness is found in Jesus at the foot of his cross.
We are a people joined together as the body of Christ who understand the significance of the announcement and the cross. We live to honor the Godhead and to announce—and demonstrate—good news of spectacular grace and hope available to fellow travelers.
Cross, Announcement, and Church, all provide hope (confidence) that Jesus removes our loneliness.
In the light of the grandeur of each word, I can’t help but wonder why we spend the
time and make the effort to fuss, fight, and argue with each other. Our loneliness returns when we fuss and fight. In battle with Jesus’s children hope disappears and loneliness reappears.
I can’t wait for Satan to be confined to the lake of fire and leave God’s children alone. Then we will treat each other like God created us to act from the very first. Remember, there is no need to be lonely hope to cure our loneliness is found in Jesus at the foot of his cross.
Stay tuned.
Gary J. Sorrells
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