Filling Your Voids
“If you’re seeking people to fill a void that was meant for God, you’ll never find complete healing”
If we could fill our own voids, many of us would be healed, fulfilled, and happy in all areas of our lives by now. However, what if I told you it is impossible for us as human beings to truly fill those empty places in our lives? Don't get me wrong, there are ways people can fill their voids, but most of our generation achieve that in negative ways. Some use social media, become workaholics, drink, smoke, get into wrong relationships, etc. However, they fail to recognize that those negative fillings have no long-term satisfaction. Most of the time, the things we use to occupy our feelings of emptiness don't contribute to our purpose in life.
Recently, I discovered that I have areas of my life that are voids that I was aware of but continued to fill with the wrong things. Ultimately, It was hard for me to embrace my feeling of emptiness because I failed to recognize that I wasn't completely healed or happy in this specific area of my life. The first step to filling our voids is honesty. It's important for our generation to be honest about those empty places. Whether it may be loneliness filled by platonic or intimate relationships, regret filled by anger, depression filled by drugs, or insecurities filled by attention. All of our emptiness have root causes. If we aren't honest about what hurt us or led us down a wrong spiral, we will never know what pure happiness, satisfaction, or healing may look like in our lives. The only way to be honest about those feelings of emptiness is, to be honest with God about it. God satisfies our soul (mind, will, and emotions) and fills it (Jeremiah 31:25). As a result of our honesty in voicing "God, I'm Empty" we allow Him to fill our emptiness (loneliness, anger, grief, etc.) with the things He knows we need.
The second step to filling our voids is forgiveness. The things that we choose not to forgive create voids in our lives. Most things that happen in our life result from our choices; others experience the effects of someone else's actions. It could be being neglected, bullied, growing up in a single-parent home, being cheated on, or anything that comes to your mind. Forgiveness is hard to swallow, but you can create so much beauty in your life when you finally heal from what hurt you. When God fills our voids, it is a different level of peace and joy that no human being can give or take away.