God made you for Himself

I am not alone because the Father is with me. (John 16:32)

Some of the loneliest people are surrounded by others yet feel that no one understands who they really are. They long for someone to share their interests and problems and to sympathize with them. But it’s true that even your lifelong companion or closest friend does not really know you or fully understand you, because in every life there’s a locked door or two that no one enters but yourself.

Why do we have this deep craving to be understood? Why is there this intense longing for someone to enter into what we feel in joys and triumphs, sorrows and defeats? The reality is that when we climb the heights of exaltation, there is no one who can fully enter into our emotions, and in the depths of sorrow some tears are always shed alone. Why is that?

God made you for Himself, and He knew that this very sense of isolation and of not being understood would drive you to Him. God Himself is the answer and the fulfillment. Only as He Himself fills that longing will you ever be satisfied.

He made you that way; He made you for Himself, and not until He fills your life will you be free from that loneliness. He’s put a little sign on the table of your heart that reads, “Reserved for Me.” — Virginia Brandt Berg ¹

You can turn to God’s Son when you’re feeling alone by praying this simple prayer: “Thank You, Jesus, for Your love and for saving me. Please come into my heart and accompany me on my life’s journey.”

¹ Activated: Reserved for Him