A mystery of the world is when a man who is at the top, who’s had it
all – riches, fame, power, success, fulfilment – say they aren’t really
happy. Some of them commit suicide, some of them take drugs to forget
their “emptiness”, some of them keep on hopping from relationship to
relationship just to fill that “empty” feeling.
I wrote an article about “Getting there”
looking at the example of king Solomon. He had it all but still he says
that it’s all a chasing after the wind. He says that it is all
“senseless” and “worthless” and “unfair”. Imagine that – what a paradox coming from the most powerful man during his time.
Why? What is the source of this “emptiness” what is the origin of this “empty” feeling?
Romans 3:23
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”
We have “fallen short” of His glory because of our sins. Because of
this, our fulfilment will always “fall short” of what we want it to be.
The little empty feeling that we “feel” but we don’t understand so
therefore we cannot fulfil, is an emptiness created by our “falling
short” of His glory.
We somehow missed the mark and strayed away from what is right and
that created a void in ourselves that we try to fill with so many things
the world promises can fill it. Don’t you ever wonder why advertising
is so powerful? Because it caters to THAT EXACT VOID THAT YOU FEEL IN YOURSELF!
It tells you that you will find fulfilment, complete happiness,
that’s why you have to buy their product. To some extent, it can provide
that sense of fulfilment and happiness, but it will soon run because
these things are temporary and will pass away. The void in us is
something that only God, our maker, designer and purpose-giver, who is
eternal can fulfill.
How can God fulfil that void?
Imagine a watch, having its own feeling and its own sense of reason
and logic and free will. How will it give full glory to its maker? By
letting the maker use it completely to its purpose through its own will.
The watch can only find complete and true happiness when it is
functioning exactly as it was designed to be otherwise, if it chooses to
be a hammer then it will break itself, if it chooses to be a Frisbee
then it will shatter at some point, if it chooses to be a paper-weight
then it will render itself useless – MAKING ITSELF UNHAPPY, UNFULFILLED and making it’s maker DISAPPOINTED. FALLING SHORT OF THE MAKER’S GLORY.
Think about it.
Fulfilment can only come from being the best you can be, right? And
what does the Bible say about our purpose? To give God glory. I pray
that giving Him glory in everything you do will be your goal in each and
every thing you do – big or small even if you think it doesn’t matter,
it does. Believe me, “Getting there” Is all about giving God glory because He in return will be the one to glorify you as He pleases – and that is eternal.
0 comments:
Post a Comment