One of the dilemmas that plagues our society, including the church, is the challenge of dealing with Voids. It's rare that you meet an individual, saved or unsaved, that isn't dealing with some sort of deficit or deficiency in their life. We've learned very well how to "cover things up" and "act" like everything's ok. But at the end of the day, many of us are still very miserable and empty on the inside. This is not the Will of God, for Christians and non-Christians alike. God wants His people to be happy, fulfilled and Blessed (3John). He wants us to be prosperous and joyful, not sad, depressed and despondent. However, in order to experience the happiness that all of us want to achieve, we must learn to believe that Christ truly is the Source of Fulfillment.
Many people have voids that they're dealing with emotionally and relationally. It's rare these days to meet an individual that isn't working through some sort of issues with their parents or family members. If one is not wrestling with internal family issues, then more than likely there's some sort of emotional scar or wound that has remained a secret for years that has yet to be acknowledged to others. Saints, we can no longer walk around like "everything is fine". No. As my pastor used to say years ago, we have to learn how to say "ouch". Too many of us are in denial, to ourselves, about the extent of the pain and the hurt that we've been challenged to endure over the span of our lifetime. Not acknowledging it doesn't help. Trying to "tough it out" isn't effective either. This just makes it build up on the inside, and not only sponsors mental health issues, but also physiological and biological health concerns as well. We need to be real about the fact that we're hurting and some things in life just don't seem right nor fair. If we continue to operate in self-denial (denial of the truth), then we're going to continue to perpetuate the dysfunctional patterns that we've adopted to cope with these voids. This pattern of dysfunction is not of God.
Jesus said in the 8th chapter of the Gospel of Saint John, "ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free". Once we tell the truth about our problems and our pain, we'll then be in position to receive the Truth. The Truth of any situation that you're facing internally, emotionally or relationally, is that Jesus is the Answer. I know that sounds like a cliche, but it's the Truth. The reason it sounds like a cliche is because we don't give the practical application to back up it's accuracy. Christ is the Source of all Fulfillment. Do you understand that there are some issues and some challenges that God has allowed in your life, just to prove to you that His Son is the Answer? (Romans 8) Why do you think that the Lord "allowed" humanity through Adam to fall into sin? So that He could show that His Eternal Love through His Son was the Answer for a lost humanity. And He's still the Answer. I would encourage you to take your pain and to take your hurts to Jesus and allow the Holy Spirit to give you Revelation and Divine Direction on what to do to fill those voids. Now let me share with you on the front end, and this is where most people mess up; what God's going to show you is not what you're going to want to hear, and what He tells you to do is not what you're going to want to do (Isaiah 55). But that is why we walk by faith and not by sight (2Corinthians 5). Let us trust in the Lord, submit our voids to Him, and witness the reality that Christ is indeed The Source of Fulfillment.
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