Never Alone

Never Alone


“God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’” Hebrews 13:5 (New International Version)
     In a book entitled “Never to Leave Us Alone: The Prayer Life of Martin Luther King Jr.,” award-winning historian Lewis Baldwin discloses the key to Dr. King’s strength of spirit in the face of seemingly insurmountable opposition. Through Martin Luther King Jr.’s persistent prayer life he was able to bear the burden of leadership. In prayer, he was able to experience the Divine companionship that enabled him to persevere. It was only in private prayer and meditation that Dr. King received his own spiritual fulfillment. The author details how he would steal away to a retreat of self-imposed isolation to wrestle with his own feelings of loneliness, pour out his heart to God, and emerge renewed, reinvigorated, strengthened, and sustained. During those times of prayer he received guidance, direction, courage, and learned discipline. It was also a time of humility and intercession for all of God’s children under oppression.
     Prayer is a lifestyle of utter dependence on God. Prayer is an expression to God that without You I can do nothing! It is a surrendering of self in order to be one with God. I can only imagine the feelings of isolation experienced by great men and women of God who dare to step out and be agents of change. But there is a promise in the Word of God today that God will NEVER leave you alone. He will NEVER forsake you.
     Hosea 6:3 (NLT) “Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.” May we all commit to spend uninterrupted time with God in prayer each day. For it is only in the face of the Sovereign Lord that He can restore us.