You Are Not Alone

28 // May 2020

by Abdiel Medina

About The Author Abdiel Medina is 17 and a junior at CHS. He is involved in Cross Country, Track, FCA, Leadership, and volunteering at his church, KSM! God has been so good to him, and he seeks to be His servant and share His love and joy with the world! I remember sitting in a classroom with everyone happily chattering, but I wasn’t happy or chattering. I felt a darkness cover me, and I couldn’t escape it. I felt trapped, ashamed, bitter, regretful, and worst of all, I felt alone. The enemy had a big grin on his face; this is exactly what he wanted: for me to believe that I was alone and that there was no escape from the hole and darkness that I was trapped in. Satan was attacking powerfully, swiftly; he was determined to devour me. It was at this weak moment in my life that God’s light broke through.

God spoke to me to talk to someone; Satan screamed in my ear for me not to; after trial and error of trying to do things alone, I finally chose to listen to the Lord! As I spoke to a person about what happened next, all the darkness and seeds Satan had planted in me were pulled out of my soul. For so long I had felt alone, but as I spoke of the battle I’d struggled in, God opened the doors for restoration and strength to be brought upon my soul. As I cast my burdens upon the Lord, I felt alive and powerful! I shout in joy to the Lord and of His truth!

“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of the soul and of the spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12).

The truth that pierced my soul was that I am not alone. In fact, no one is alone! Satan loves to isolate people, to manipulate and deceive them, to make them feel that there is no hope and that they’re alone. That’s a lie! We are not alone! Here is the truth: God desires us, and not even an infinite universe can separate us from God’s love! Romans 8:38-39 states that: “For am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” God is always by your side (Psalm 23:4), God wants to adopt you into His family if you haven’t already accepted His offer (John 1:12), and God is not done with you yet! Philippians 1:6: “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.”

I challenge you to read into God’s word to know the truth so that when Satan lies to you, you don’t become a slave to his lies. For it’s as Jesus said: “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free” (John 8:32).

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