The Hole in Our Heart

It’s popular among many Christians of today to say that there is a “hole” or “vacuum” or “void” within people—in their hearts--that is shaped so that only God can fill it, that is, the God of the Bible who created everything. There is convincing scriptural evidence of that idea. In the book of Ecclesiastes, written by Israel’s King Solomon, who was declared the wisest man in the world. He wrote “He (God) has also set eternity in the human heart…” (Eccl. 3;11 NIV)). One interpretation of that statement is that there is within human beings an inborn desire for more than this earthly existence provides. There is also evidence in Romans 1:21.

We all try to fill that “void” with material things: money, possession, fame, power, and other similar things. We often times try to fill it with another person, a wife or husband or good friend, which in themselves are not bad. Sometimes we try to fill it with people who will give us respect or honor or even adoration, and we work extra hard to gain all of that from them

But things will not fill that void, that hole. People also will not fill it. They will fail us, disappoint us, sometimes even betray us. There is only one thing, and that one is not a ‘thing” but a person, the person of Jesus Christ, the son of God. God sent Jesus into the world because He loved the world, i.e. the people in the world so much that He didn’t want any of them to miss the fantastic eternal existence He has for them. That eternal existence is to be with Him in heaven. The only way that can be obtained is by accepting Jesus as your Savior, by allowing Him to come into your heart and fill that vacuum in your life. There IS more than just this earthly existence and it's with Jesus who lives forever. 

“For so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16 NIV).