John 14:18 (NLT) No, I will not abandon you as orphans--I will come to you.
Fighting the feelings of abandonment often crop up when you have gone through a rejection situation. A rejection situation is a like a form of abandonment. Abandonment is defined as withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; the act of giving something up; getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable. The feelings of abandonment leave you feeling as if you are not desirable, wanted, good enough. Although you have given your complete allegiance, sincere efforts, and love into the other person, you did not receive back from them the same loyalty, love, and support. This can leave you feeling rejected and abandoned.
I know that there are many of you women of God who have faced this throughout live, some in childhood with your parents, some in relationships, and some feelings of rejection come from not being able to effectively build relationships with people in general. Our childhood rejections have much to do with how we deal with our current relationships. People who are rejected often feel compelled to latch on to other people and not let go whether emotionally or physically even if you are being hurt by the person you are clinging to. Deep feelings of abandonment come in most of us because of how we feel about ourselves. There is a certain level of abandonment one will feel from circumstances, but deep feelings of abandonment and rejection that cause us to slip in areas of our lives that we perhaps shouldn't struggle come because we have not embraced fully confidence in who we are as women and we have not allowed the Lord to strip some things off of us.
I was one of those people who had deep feelings of abandonment because of childhood issues and it birthed insecurity in me, made me take more than I should, and cling when I should let go. So, if that's you as well, let me help you today. There is something greater in you that God has wanted to do. If it had not been so, then the enemy would not have started when you were a child. You remember when the enemy found out that Christ would be born and he devised a plan to kill all of the newborns to keep the savior from being birthed. But his plan failed and the Lord was birthed into the earth to bring deliverance to the captive. The enemy started early trying to come against the plan of God. That's what he does when he's trying to stop purpose. Had you not had purpose on your life that could be a great threat to him, he would not have worked so diligently to come against you.
I have learned when everything and everybody else fails and walks away, I am still not alone. I have been walking through the desert recently, but while in the desert, I found that God has never left me, nor forsoke me. I've found that when there is an uprising, that I can trust God to defend me. I've found that it is better to put your confidence in God and not man, because God is always loyal and never changes. He doesn't flake out on you because his feelings are his word and his word does not change. He's God and he fails not and changes not. And get this, where people will walk out on you, God says he'll never leave you nor forsake you and be with you till the end of the world. How many people do you believe will have that same acclamation and that you can confidently trust they will actually be consistent with this word? But when the Lord says it, you can bank on it.
In John 14:18, he says he will not abandon us. He was so concerned and loving that he sent a helper for us so that we would not be alone in our circumstances, so that we did not have to handle things on our own, that we did not have to walk on our own. He did not leave us without counsel or someone who when we are in the desert would be right there with us to strengthen us through whatever storm or battle that we had to ensure. He, the holyspirit, is also called a comforter. In those times, we feel we are so overwhelmed with life's problems and circumstances, he (holyspirit) is there to comfort us with the word of God to show us and teach us that the Lord is the strength of our lives.
So my sisters, I want to encourage you and let you know today that you are not alone. You have not been abandoned. Things changed, people left, you are by yourself, but you are NOT ALONE. God is with you, God is in you, and God is on you. You are covered in all areas. It does not take a warm body to have someone walk with you. Some people are not accustomed to being by themselves. I, myself, have been married most of my adult life, so I am having to learn to embrace where I am right now. If, that's you today, know this, God has you covered. He has you covered and you are not alone and God has not abandoned you.
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