“Incubating within us is the desire to reach out in order to fill our biological and relational needs.”

A thought by Leonard Sweet (2012-03-13) from his book, Viral: How Social Networking Is Poised to Ignite Revival (Kindle Locations 136-137). Random House, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

We were created by God for relationships. We have this need built within us to connect. As God said when He created Eve for Adam, “It is not good for man to be alone.” He created us for a relationship with Himself but He also knew that we would need a physical relationship with someone else.

But Satan started in the beginning to do all he could to sever the relationship of man to God and to damage the relationship between Adam and Eve. And he has been doing his best at continuing to keep us from having meaningful relationships. So we need to do everything in our ability to stop Satan’s plan. As Ruben Welch in his book said, “We really do need each other.” We need a relationship with God and a relationship with each other.

Satan uses so many methods to keep us alone. He uses abuse, rejection, pain, anger, shyness, fear, divorce, laziness, insecurity, pain, put-downs, perfectionism, and those are just a few to keep you alone. And being alone will hurt you in so many different ways. We need each other to encourage us, to protect us, to guide us, to help us, to love us, to support us, and so many other ways.

“We really do need each other.” Understand that, believe that. Do all within your power to not give in to the temptation to give up and not try. It will hurt you. You will be miserable. Go to Starbucks even though you don’t like coffee. Find a small group at Church even though you don’t believe in God. Start looking in the mirror and practice your smile. Start with a smile and work up to a comment and then eventually a conversation. Ask questions that will show you are interested. Don’t wait on them. You take the first step. And practice and practice and practice. God has placed within you the ability, the desire and the need to connect. Don’t let Satan win.

So what are you going to do?

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