LONELY

I know what it is like to feel lonely.  Think about how even My brothers did not believe that I was the Messiah until after I died.  They wanted Me to go to Jerusalem at the Feast of Tabernacles to show My works openly, but I waited until My family left, and then I went secretly to Jerusalem.

I was on the outside looking in while My family was eating meals together and enjoying their fellowship with one another.  I felt so alone as I watched them for several days. I was on the outside, looking in.

I finally revealed My presence and taught in the Temple.  On the last day of the "Great Feast" during the water libation ceremony, I stood on the Temple steps and shouted, "If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink.  He that believes on Me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water."  I spoke of the day when those who believe in Me would be baptized in My Spirit. When you feel lonely, I want you to pray in the Spirit, and My Spirit will comfort you.

.JOHN 7