You Are Not Alone

I have learned to love Jesus more through specific periods of solitude – sitting quietly long enough for my soul to become still, and on long walks. I walked briskly on my morning walk, having earlier pushed aside a nagging thought to meditate or pray rather than listen to a leadership audiobook. Ignoring the unperceived invitation of the Father, I continued walking and listened to another leadership book’s concluding pages. At my halfway point, I then chose to listen to a pray-as-you-go (PAYG) daily meditation. Within minutes I was awash in the Lord’s tangible presence; my soft heart tilled soil for his planting. He bade me to slow down, become aware of his presence and savor him. Slowing my pace to a stroll or a wander, I embraced him as he awakened all my senses to his tangible presence. The strolling pace was a metaphor contrasting my rushing, hurried and soul-draining life. In the slowness, I lingered. I heard his voice and entered a dimension unmarked by time. I saw my hurry as an enemy. 

During a second playing of PAYG, I came upon a runoff stream almost simultaneously as I heard about his forgiveness running over me. I left the path towards the stream. Gazing at the rushing water, the speaker invited me to reflect, “Spend a moment now, speaking to Jesus about what he is asking of you and what he is promising you.” Like a spring, his words welled up within me. I leaned my head against a tree and gave way to warm tears as he said, “You are not alone. This is what it feels like to be with me. I have answered your soul’s cry. You are never, nor will ever be alone.” A lifelong question now answered in relational experience with God. Exchanging life for Jesus to life with Jesus is helping me love Jesus more.

Key Quotation

Exchanging life for Jesus to life with Jesus is helping me love Jesus more.

Question

How does our Savior personally connect with you? With the cry of your soul?

Kevin Mason, VisionSynergy