Friend,
I just had a moment with God in prayer. I cried out to him with issues of voids that seem huge in my life. Maybe you can relate. I’ve been feeling like I want more happiness in my life, but for some reason, I keep feeling like every time I take 1 step forward, I end up taking 10 straps back. Sometimes it seems like that one puzzle piece of happiness is missing or displaced. I’ve tried fitting puzzle pieces such as a significant other…. I’ve tried gaining more attention from the world via social media….. I’ve even tried adding more tasks to my plate just to give myself a sense of purpose…. but still there’s an unfilled void. Maybe you are like me and feel that there has to be that can make you feel complete, whole.
God told me something in the midst of my misery. He told me that I was trying to fill a void with the wrong things. He told me that HE was the only one that could fill the void. He flashed the scripture Ecclesiastes 1:14 (NLT)
“[……it is all meaningless—like chasing the wind.]”.
I’ve been trying to fill my voids with peope, things, and circumstances. The issue of feeling incomplete and unfulfilled oftentimes stems from wanting acceptance. The issue lies in the act of wanting acceptance from the world and trying to fill voids the worldly way. This way of filling out voids is absolutely meaningless!!
After my prayer, I contemplated how I tend to easily be consumed with wanting the picture perfect life that I feel others have. God revealed to me was that I viewing happiness from the wrong perspective. He revealed that I had to shift my focus in order to be whole. The feelings I had were only partially valid, and only a piece of a bigger puzzle. We may have the voids in our lives, but it is because we are not being fulfilled with the correct filler, God. Luke 9:25 (NLT) says,
“And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but are yourself lost or destroyed?”
So what sense does it make for us to try to gain approval from the world when their approval could steer us in the wrong direction? Worldly opinions simply don’t matter, Friend!!
Colossians 2:10 (NLT) says,
“So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.”
So we ARE complete with Christ (not things, people, or circumstances).
I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to continue to chase the wind, it’s meaningless. I want to chase someone who can fill me up to overflowing. Friend, will you join me?