Definition of void: empty space.
Filling the void is to fill the space left by whatever is empty in your life.
The most common things people tend to fill their voids with are:
The most common things people tend to fill their voids with are:
- shopping
- food
- alcohol
- materialistic
items
- a relationship
- drugs
- sex
- parties
- friends..not the
good kind.
What's sad about that
list is that most times we all tend to fill things in our lives that does not
even include Christ. It's like we know we are doing wrong, we are filling the
voids in our life wrong, but we do not seem as if we care. I feel like maybe
most of us do not come to Christ when it comes to filling voids is because we
want to have "fun". We want to get drunk and not remember the stupid
things we did. Or maybe, we just want someone for a night and believe that we
can forget about it.
However, the way young
people work now are working towards emotional destruction. Destruction towards not only our
emotionally state but our spiritual state.
If you read one of the
bulleted ways you may be filling your void, I hope you see that it's time to
change. It's time to change the bad habits and hurts. If you do not start now,
it will not get better.
It makes me so sad to
see those who I went to high school with are still doing the same things that
ultimately hurts them. It hurts me to see that most are focused on the things
of this life when we should be worried about the next
life.
I did not write this
blog post to make you feel horrible about yourself. I wrote this because I have
been there. I find myself automatically trying to fill my void in my life with
something I know is not good for me. For me, the void I try to fill is just my
self-worth. I want to feel loved and beautiful by someone. However, it always
happens to be the wrong someone. I go to the same kind of guy every time
because I know for that short period of time- I will feel better. But until
recently, it finally clicked that filling a void should be done with the Lord. Filling
your void should be done by coming to God and asking for His help through
that.
Or maybe, just stop going back to that group of
friends. Stop going back to that one girl or guy who is using you, for all of
the wrong reasons. How many voids are you going to try and fill? Quit
filling voids with things you do not need to fill them with.
If you have not noticed by now, the consequences
of filling your voids in the wrong way get bigger and bigger every time.
If there is one thing I can stress to you about is
this: stop getting people to like you for all of the wrong reasons. Get them to
like the Word of God, not your looks, not your body. Get people to like Jesus. That is ultimately what matters in the end.
Instead of having the mindset of how many people you can get into bed with you? Or, how many people can you get to 'like' your instagram picture to determine your worth? How many times are you going to allow that someone to destroy you emotionally until you can't take it anymore?
Your goal should be: How many people can you disciple and have their every day life centered around God?