Saying goodbye to people you love is never easy. Don’t be worried if you are feeling uneasy about it. Often God calls us to leave our comfort zones and step out away from family and friends. He asks us to leave those who have provided love, care, and companionship in order to teach us a simple and crucial although difficult lesson. He wants us to learn that He is enough.
Sure with new places, there will be new relationships and there should be. God works through people and relationships, however, in the long run, nothing is better than the mighty waves of separation from human support which wash us up upon the Rock of our all sufficient God.
I remember a particular time of loneliness and feeling discouraged. I was praying and asking God to send some friend to encourage me, maybe a call or email from home – even a Facebook message or text. Instead what I found was (Psalms 62:5-8) which says:
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us.
The Lord applied that to me and reminded me that He is enough. Sure he often uses others, but I needed to run to Him first, talk to Him, read His words to me and allow His Spirit to speak to me. Instead I had become too dependent on human relationships instead.
This was a great lesson for me to learn those years ago. There have been many situations in life since where no human relationship could answer the questions or meet the need. Sometimes they weren’t even available but I remembered that God is enough and my expectation must be from Him alone
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It was a great life lesson that it took a little separation anxiety to learn. Remember, as someone once said, Happy is the man who feels that all he has, all he wants, and all he expects are to be found in his God.
Tags: career advice, high school transitions, Leaving home, Relationships