Connection With Other People….

Man was never meant to live alone. God spoke these very words in Genesis, and Jesus exemplified this truth in the garden of Gethsemane. Jesus was in great distress and agony over what was about to happen to Him. His scourging and crucifixion were less than 24 hours away. He specifically took His three closest disciples with Him to pray, Peter, James, and John. When He found them sleeping, He let them know how disappointed He was. This just goes to show us that man was never meant to be an island. Man was never meant to isolate himself, away from society, and live to himself. We need others in our lives to help carry our burdens. We need others in our lives to help celebrate the successes. We need others in our lives to fully live. If our ultimate goal is to glorify God, it is possible to honor Him by the way we live our lives, but it’s impossible to show and tell others about Him, and all the things He’s done for us, if there’s no else around to share it with. We live in a world that’s connected through social media, but disconnected outside the cyber environment. Fakebook posts are only there to make ourselves look better than we really are, only superficial. This pseudo-sense of security and connection will never satisfy the thirst of our God-centered, people-relating spirit God has placed inside of every single human being to ever to walk on this earth. Connection with other people is vital. We can’t live this life alone and expect to be fulfilled. It doesn’t work that way. “JOY SHARED IS DOUBLE JOY, SORROW SHARED IS HALF SORROW”.

36 Then Jesus went with them to the olive grove called Gethsemane, and He said, “Sit here while I go over there to pray.” 37 He took Peter and Zebedee’s two sons, James and John, and He became anguished and distressed. 38 He told them, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”39 He went on a little farther and bowed with His face to the ground, praying, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from Me. Yet I want Your will to be done, not Mine.”40 Then He returned to the disciples and found them asleep. He said to Peter, “Couldn’t you watch with Me even one hour? 41 Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!”42 Then Jesus left them a second time and prayed, “My Father! If this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, Your will be done.” 43 When He returned to them again, He found them sleeping, for they couldn’t keep their eyes open.44 So He went to pray a third time, saying the same things again. 45 Then He came to the disciples and said, “Go ahead and sleep. Have your rest. But look–the time has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Up, let’s be going. Look, My betrayer is here!” Matthew 26:36-46