Do I Stand Alone

In a world that has been corrupted by selfish desires and changing values, the populace will either stand in the power of God or within their own limitations; there is no middle ground.  God would have us hot or cold regarding our relationship with Him; not lukewarm.

The righteousness of God and the filthy rags of one’s own righteousness are the only two choices possible to humanity.  Because of self-will and greed, some people are insistent on promoting themselves within the power they conger up from their narcissistic personality.

These people are not only self-centered and self-absorbed in themselves, they think they have all the answers; trusting in their own intellect and decision-making.  Their inward quest for gratification causes them to become puffed up in self-sufficiency.

When people like this think they stand, the Bible says in (1 Corinthians 10:12), “Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.”  When anyone exalts themselves above God and takes a stand against Him, autonomy remains, which is a lonely place to be and inflexible way to live.

When they fall, great is the fall—mind, body, and spirit.  When this happens, and it will, chances are that no one will be around to help restore the broken pieces, because they have successfully, by choice, alienated themselves from others and God do to their negative personality and independent character traits.  Self-reliance is the remnant left over when God is missing from the equation of life.

If a person does not stand for God they will fall for anything, thus, the altered form of the way that God had intended humans to live.  It is sad when people choose to stand alone rather than in the strength of God and the power of His might.  Even though they may be surrounded by a crowd of people, they are standing alone, because of the emptiness within them that only God can fill.

And then there are those that go with the flow, and drift like a ship without a rudder; or they are like a leaf in the breeze that is blown to and fro.  Without the Lord standing by their side they are unstable in all their ways.  Whether amidst crowds of people or in their own world of seclusion, they are prisoners of loneliness. 

The void within them is God-shaped that only He can fill, yet mankind insists on substituting things that cannot bring peace or satisfaction.  Neither material gain nor success in life can calm the longing of one’s heart when they are looking to such entities to bring happiness; loneliness prevails.  Only God can satisfy.

Christians can stand on the promise in God’s Word when it says that He will never forsake them.  God’s faithfulness can be counted on.  It is not dependent upon circumstances, our status in life, or the color of our skin.  God never fails, whereas, people and self-sufficiency always fail.  They are fallible, but God is infallible—incapable of failure or error.

When we ask God to forgive us of our sins and become born-again Believers, Jesus Christ becomes Lord and Savior of our life.  We are saved from sin through His death and resurrection.  Confidence is ours, at the moment of new beginnings, that we have God standing by our side.  We are no longer standing alone without hope.

(Deuteronomy 31:6), “Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you.  He will not leave you nor forsake you.”

We need not fear death, because the moment our soul vacates the body we will stand before a holy God, not standing in our own righteous, but the righteousness of Jesus Christ our Savior.  We stand in His perfection.  It is as if Jesus is standing in front of each Believer with God seeing Him, because of the cleansing blood that Jesus shed for all sinners.

(John 14:27), “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.  Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”

On March 4, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt said these words:  “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”  But Christians need not fear at all, because “perfect love casts out fear” (1 John 4:18).  There is no fear in God’s love.

All filth was washed away in the flow of Jesus’ blood.  We can be changed; made into a new creation that is no longer bound by sin.  Perfection is ours, because Jesus died on the cross for the sins of mankind.  This act of love made it possible for all to come unto repentance and be made pure as the driven snow.

Not only will Jesus stand with Christians in heaven, He stands next to them each and every day on earth, while leading the way into truth.

Do I stand alone—most definitely not!  God is always with me, because of His grace and forgiveness through Christ.  I now stand in peace.  My hope is in Him.

(Jeremiah 29:11), “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

(Philippians 4:7), “and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

(Romans 12:2), “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”

Written by,

Papa Boyd