God-Shaped Void

Everyone has a God-shaped void in their heart & soul.  Now, some people fill it with all sorts of things like money, fame, other people, idols, false gods.  We can look at the lives of everyone and this is truly the case.  In this 'Age of Enlightenment', people are searching for something they feel they are missing or lacking in their lives.  What is that?  It's a God-shaped void.

In Ecclesiastes, it talks about everything under the sun as being not satisfying as that of filling your life God.  Afterall, the author of the book, King Solomon, had everything at his disposal - riches, wealth, health, servants, a kingdom, plenty of women & children.  What could he want for in terms of people and materialistically?  Nothing.  Yet, there was a longing in his soul to connect with his Creator.  He had a God-shaped void.

The past couple months, my personal time with God has been intermittent and sparse.  This actually was the case when we finished reading through the Bible and started again to read it now chronologically.  Life began getting in the way - going to bed too late, too many commits, too much on the agenda, unplanned stressors and a bunch of other things.  God has been there all the time just wanting to connect with me, but I've been too busy.

I've put Him in my agenda twice a day, but it seems when that time comes, we are too busy, or too tired or something.  The past couple nights, however, I've gotten a greater chance to just have peaceful alone time with Him, as well as spending some of my morning connecting.  My God-shaped hole is beginning to fill again and the restless wontoning in my spirit is being quelled.

What are you filling that void with?  Anything other than God will ultimately not be satisfying, leaving you yearning for more.