You Are Not Alone

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Ephesians 4:4–6

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According to this Scripture, all Christians share at least these seven things in common. We have:

• one body (church)
• one Spirit
• one hope
• one Lord
• one faith
• one baptism
• one God and Father of all

It is these things, our common God, baptism, faith, Lord, hope, and especially the one Spirit that we all have living inside of us that makes us one body as a universal church regardless of age, nationality, gender, socioeconomic status, and even regardless of what time we lived in. 

All Christians across the globe and throughout time are connected by these seven things! They bond us together as more than just a group of like-minded people. They make us a family, the family of God.

I think it’s important that we remember that we are not alone as believers. It’s important that you remember this first of all for your own benefit. You have a family of God around you to help you. You don't have to do everything alone. Lean on the believers around. 

But it’s also important that you remember this secondarily for the benefit of others. You have other people in your church and in the wide world beyond that need you, that need your encouragement and your help and your support and your prayers.

Don’t forget that you are connected in a deep and spiritual way to all believers. You should have an affection for them and you should seek to help and support them and to carry their burdens when you have the chance. And you should look to them first when you are in need of support, help, prayers and encouragement. 

You are not alone.