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"The Lonely God"

by Lonnie Mackley  Aug. 5^th, 2016

Recently while praying and thinking about the Lord I felt something come from Him that I can only describe as, “loneliness”. I thought, “Well God isn’t lonely because He has billions of His creation around Him at all times”; so I asked Him what He was trying to show me, and this is what I believe He shared with me. He took me back to a time when I was in Army basic training when I was a new Spirit-filled Christian and I literally involved Him in everything I did during my days. He told me how much He loved that personal interaction with me and then He said this to me; “I don’t want to just do things for people, I want to do things with them”. He wants heart interaction with us, not just service.

^{MT 15:8} " `These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

Then He began to explain to me how He could feel lonely for us. You see, God created us and He has monitored every thought, emotion, and action that we have ever experienced since we were birthed, so He has an incredible one-sided heart investment with us where He longs for us to talk to Him and involve Him with everything we not only do, but think and feel as well. He desires us more than we may think. If you had not only watched someone 24 hours a day for years on end and also felt everything they felt, how invested in your heart would you feel toward them? Do you think you would want them to acknowledge you back not only in words, but in genuine love and fellowship?

^{REV 2:4} Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.

If your spouse just plopped down a box of chocolates every Valentines day and then grabbed their golf clubs to go golfing, how much heart interaction would you feel from them? Or if you were a child and your father bought you only gifts but never spent any time with you, would you feel valued and cherished by him?; Probably not. But many of us have strayed away from true heart interaction with God and we have set up for ourselves idols in His place that we can control and indulge in, rather than approaching a Father that requires to be honored and adored. Even if our idols may only be electronic they are still idols, and they compete with God. And God will not compete with our idols.

^{JER 29: 13} You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

So I want to encourage you today to get rid of your idols and to return to your first love. Idols act like little doors to the demonic, and they block us from experiencing God’s presence. Seek God with all of your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and you will find Him afresh once again. He is waiting and eager to hear from you, and He has a lot of good things to say to you. He is truly for you! You are the apple of His eye and He wants to show you Heaven itself if you will forsake all to follow Him. We are in the last of the last days, and there will be no middle ground up ahead, so be a wise virgin and get extra oil while you still can. Know that God is lonely for you, and He seeks to become one with you!

^{JOEL 2:13} Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.

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