Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone;” (Genesis2:18 ESV)
Not Alone
The lights were off, and I thought no one was home. But when I came into the living room, I was greeted by an exuberant, “SURPRISE!” It was my birthday, and my friends had gathered to surprise me with a celebration.
Even though it seemed like it moments before, I was not alone.
God had created Adam, and even though He had declared that creation, ‘very good,’ God now introduces another factor. God knew that Adam was going to be alone. Adam had not been alone so far in his life, because Adam was hanging around with God. But that unity was going to end when Adam disobeyed God… and then Adam would be alone.
So, God did two things to help Adam. First, God gave Adam a companion. He gave Adam Eve. And therefore, even after Adam’s fall into sin, Adam was not alone. Because God knew that being alone was not good.
Even better, though, God began getting things ready to fix Adam’s loneliness absolutely. We see it a few verses later, when God foretells that a savior would come. (Genesis 3:15) That savior would eventually bring Adam back into fellowship with God. Ultimately, Adam would never be alone, again… because of that savior.
But not just Adam, of course. Every child of God from Adam through (at least) today is also not alone. Christians, by the very way we are saved, are in God’s presence. We are not alone.
Loneliness runs rampant in our society. That emptiness causes so many to attempt to fill that emptiness through dangerous, inappropriate, and even unrighteous things. That emptiness also causes so many to attempt to fill that emptiness through pleasant, appropriate, and normal things.
But only One can fill the void left in mankind’s heart when they are not in fellowship with God. Christians are unique because we do not have to be lonely. In fact, like me on my birthday, Christians are NOT alone… even if it seems like it.
The world wants what Christians have… an end to loneliness.
We’re peculiar, we are not alone.