Genesis 28 10 - 22

Do you know, I think it's fair to say that there is something of a loneliness epidemic today.

I read one author who said that never as a society have we been more connected to one another, and yet never have people felt so isolated.

I think there's truth in that.

Anne Hathaway is a famous actress.

She was in the recent Odyssey film, if you've seen that.

But when she was doing a promo for her film The Devil Wears Prada, she was asked what is it that she fears most in life.

This is what she said.

Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life.

The thing that I'm most worried about is just being alone with nobody to care for or someone who will care for me.

That horrible feeling of isolation is something that I hope I never have to deal with again.

I think many can resonate with that.

In Charleston, like I said, we've got a lot of social issues, but I wonder if one of the big issues is just loneliness, people just feeling that they are isolated.

And yet that feeling of disconnection that can often be so common in all of us is deeper than just a need to have other people in our lives.

underneath it is this reality that human beings are disconnected from God, that we are isolated from Him.

You see, we are made for relationships, not just with one another, but ultimately with the God who rescued us, the God who made us.

And so, what happens when you come to Jesus, when you come to follow Jesus, you come to realize something profound.

You're not alone.

God is there.

God cares for you.

He sent Jesus to die for your sin, and He did it so that you could be with Him always.

And when you get that, it's like this moment of awakening.

Before, it's like being in the dark, not knowing why you're here or where you're going.

But when you get that, that Jesus has saved you so that God could be with you, it's like this moment of awakening.

You become aware of a truth that you hadn't seen before.

God is with me.