Was God Ever Lonely?

Leviticus 13; Leviticus 14; Acts 17
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Acts 17

22 So Paul, standing before the council, addressed them as follows: “Men of Athens, I notice that you are very religious in every way, 23 for as I was walking along I saw your many shrines. And one of your altars had this inscription on it: ‘To an Unknown God.’ This God, whom you worship without knowing, is the one I’m telling you about."

24 “He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Since he is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn’t live in man-made temples, 25 and human hands can’t serve his needs—for he has no needs. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need. 26 From one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.

27 “His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him—though he is not far from any one of us. 28 For in him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ 29 And since this is true, we shouldn’t think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.

30 “God overlooked people’s ignorance about these things in earlier times, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to him. 31 For he has set a day for judging the world with justice by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone who this is by raising him from the dead.”

Observation

I had someone call me up the other day and in the conversation this friend mentioned that he thought that God had created us because God was lonely. I said that I didn’t think God has ever been lonely. Yet I do know that God created us to have fellowship with Him. “…And human hands can’t serve his needs—for he has no needs. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need.” Companionship is a definite need that we experience and God is the satisfier of our need for companionship, but He has never been lonely.

Application

I need to spend time with the Lord not because it helps meet any of His needs, no I need to meet with Him because I was created for fellowship with Him and He can take care of everything need in my life.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, as I read this passage I understand that You didn’t have to create human beings to feel some need that You had, but You only did it for us. It was for our benefit, not Yours. We are the needy people. It is great to be able to go to Someone that is not needy, but just the opposite we can go to you knowing that You are all Powerful. You can satisfy every need in my life. I praise You for I am fearfully and wonderfully made!

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