You are not alone
Humanity has searched to answer the question, is there life out there somewhere?
This question throws us into the very depths of space and its mind-bending size and reach, and year after year the answer is, no. We are alone and we still haven’t found evidence of life beyond this planet.
The pursuit for an answer to this question has driven such incredible searching, discovery, and innovation for humanity. You can even see the impact of space exploration and innovation into your daily life! If you have used a cordless drill, then the impact of the search for answers in the universe has reached you. The cordless drill was a NASA design solution to a space exploration problem, the same thing for the cordless vacuum.. anyway!
The point is, the search to answer the question, ‘Are we alone?’ or, ‘Am I alone?’ returns the answer, ‘NO, you are not alone’ when we look in the bible.
I am not talking about extra-terrestrial life forms here, or some tiny alien operating the controls of this massive space alien with arms like lobsters.
Nope. The Bible tells us that we are definitely NOT alone. A name the Bible gives us to show us something about the life and role of Jesus is Emmanuel, God with us.
I remember reading a book by John Eldridge where he wonderfully describes how God had to learn to walk, be fed and be taught how to speak! I remember reading that and being in shock almost, I had never imagined that about God, but it’s true.
Jesus, the baby that we remember at Christmas, couldn’t do any of that, he was taught and learnt the steps of life that we had to learn. He experienced this life, he knows it. He knows what it is like to be alone, to call out in the most desperate of life’s moments, ‘Where are you?!’
He knows the moments of joy, laughter, hunger and friendship. He lived this life; God with us.
We can search for answers in life in so many places, to know if we are alone or not. Am I seen for who I am? Am I understood? Am I loved? Am I of any value to anyone?
The answer is YES! You are. Jesus knows you, your heart, and your search, and His love for you is off the scale.
That’s what I love about Christmas, it’s a moment to remind myself of just how massive Jesus is and how much I love him.
Have a great Christmas.
