Sometimes, we feel alone or separated. We feel as if no one is with us, as if no one is there to comfort us or hear us or carry us through a situation. Sometimes, we feel as if no one is around, and as if we have been cut off.
The definition of segregate is: "to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate." Jesus Christ experienced the ultimate form of segregation. We may loose our friends, family, loved ones, and everyone that we know, but God is still with us. When Jesus was crucified, His closest friends had denied knowing Him, His other followers had chosen a slave to be freed over Him, the government sentenced Him to death, His mother could not even recognize Him up on the cross due to His disfigurements, and the guards at the cross gambled for His clothes. Worse than that, the whole world, literally, was against Him. He had no one on His side. Not even an old time friend.
Why should we care, though? Jesus came back and since His resurrection, millions, if not billions, of people have loved, adored, and followed Him. Who cares that He was all alone for a little while?
You should care. It is because of the loneliness that He experienced that He is able to relate to you and understand you. It is because He experienced the worst separation known to man that He can understand any pain that you go through. The separation that Christ went through was physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional. Any pain of feeling alone that you have, He has experienced worse, and loves you so much that He wants you to know that He is always with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. (Deuteronomy 3:16; Hebrews 13:5)
Well, all of this sounds sad. Why are you mentioning it? Because it is important to know that the almighty God of the universe understands your pain and suffering better than you know. His love is not superficial. He knows your pain and wants to heal your heart. He does not love you out of need, but out of the kindness of His heart and out of pure love. He knows your pain better than you think. He has experienced every form of pain to the worst extent. His segregation at the cross allows us to know that He understands our pain first hand. He is here for us because He has been through more than us. His love is genuine because the pain that He went through for you was serious.
-D
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