“And they all forsook him, and fled.”
The Loneliness
This verse names Christ’s own disciples’ actual abandonment here, worth examining directly, they all forsook him, worth holding as this whole book’s deepest companionship, Christ himself genuinely, historically knowing this exact, comprehensive abandonment, at his own most difficult, actual moment.
This is worth holding as genuine comfort against whatever isolation you currently, honestly experience, worth trusting that Christ himself did not merely observe loneliness from a safe distance, but genuinely, actually lived through this same, comprehensive forsaking, worth holding as real, historical companionship.
Notice this happened despite genuine, prior relationship, these were his own close disciples, worth examining whether this same pattern, close relationship still, honestly failing at the actual moment it was most needed, has characterized your own experience of genuine, painful abandonment.
Whatever forsaking you have genuinely, honestly experienced, even from those genuinely close to you, receive today Christ’s own testimony as real, historical companionship, they all forsook him, worth trusting that he genuinely knows this exact, comprehensive experience, not merely sympathizing from a distance.
Live As Family
- Consider Christ’s own historical experience of being forsaken by his own close disciples.
- Receive this as genuine, historical companionship for your own current, honest abandonment.
- Bring your own forsaking to Christ today, trusting he genuinely, actually knows this exact experience.
Prayer
Lord Jesus, they all forsook you, and fled. Let me bring my own forsaking to you today, trusting that you genuinely, historically know this exact, comprehensive abandonment. Amen.
Carry this today
Christ himself genuinely knew comprehensive abandonment, real historical companionship for yours.