I just had a moment with God in prayer. I cried out to him with issues of voids in my life. Maybe you can relate to me. I’ve been feeling like I want complete happiness in my life, but for some reason I keep feeling like something is missing. That last happiness puzzle piece is gone and I can’t seem to find it. 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 substance. Maybe you are like me and feel that there just has to be something missing in life that can make you feel complete. God told me something right 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 had been trying to fill the void with peope, things, and circumstances. The issue of feeling incomplete and unfulfilled stemmed from wanting acceptance from the world and trying to fill voids the worldly way. This is absolutely meaningless!! After my prayer, I contemplated how I easily tend to be consumed with wanting the picture perfect life that I feel others have. What God revealed to me was that I have the wrong focus, and I am following the world’s views and not God’s. He revealed that I have to shift my focus in order to be whole. The feelings I have are partially true. I may have the void but it is because I am not filled with the true 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 of others when their approval holds no substance. Other’s opinions simply don’t matter!!
Colossians 2:10 (NLT) says, “So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.” 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. I want to chase/follow someone with substance. Care to join me?
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”