I heard this story about a little girl whose family were planning to move--lots of families are on the move. On an average, families don't stay in one place very long. Well, this little girl kept hearing Mommy and Daddy and all her older brothers and sisters saying, "We're going to move! We're packing up everything, all the furniture, all the toys, all the dishes, and we're moving to another city far away." The little girl listened to all this and kept wondering every day. Finally one day she asked, "When you all move away, what's going to happen to me all alone?" No one had thought to tell her that when the family moved away, they would take her along too! She was afraid of being left alone.
Everyone is afraid to be left alone. Children hear about people getting sick and dying, or getting killed in accidents, or murdered, and they worry, "What will happen to me if my parents die?" Even grown-ups worry about being left alone. The Son of God once came to this world as a man and lived among us for over 33 years; those who knew Him loved Him, for He had become the center of their lives just as this little girl's family was the center of her life. And when Jesus talked about going away, they felt sad and lonely. But He said to them, "I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you." That's John 14:18. When He said that, He was not talking about His coming back in the clouds of heaven, which we call the Second Coming. That's called the blessed hope, but if that is our only hope, that means we are lonely here now. No, Jesus was talking about the Holy Spirit. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are three persons, but they are one God; and you and I are closer to Jesus today through the Holy Spirit than the disciples were over 2000 years ago. When Jesus went away, He assured His disciples, "Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world" (Matt. 28:20). If you know this Good News, you will know that you will never be lonely.
But let me ask a question: Why didn't Jesus give us a video so we can see Him? We'll talk about that tomorrow.
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: 1994 Phone Message.Copyright © 2010 by Robert J. Wieland.
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