The Emptiness Only God Can Fill
February 11, 2024 · 55:23 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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Summary
The service opened in Acts 5, where the apostles, filled with the Holy Spirit, kept preaching Christ even after prison and beatings, receiving persecution with joy (Acts 5:42). The message then turned to the beginning: God formed man from the dust and breathed His own life into him (Genesis 2:7). After Adam's disobedience the way to the tree of life was closed off (Genesis 3), and ever since, life lived apart from God has been a slow dying.
The preacher described a God-sized emptiness in every person. Like a black hole it pulls everything inward, yet nothing of this world can ever fill it. Jesus is the true tree of life and the living water: whoever drinks of Him will never thirst again (John 4:13-15; John 7:37-39). Salvation, he stressed, is only the beginning. The newborn spiritual child still faces a long road of dangers, and only those led by the Holy Spirit reach the end.
So the searching question is simple: are you thirsty today, for God's truth, His holiness, and above all His will? Even Jesus prayed in Gethsemane, 'not my will but Yours.' Blessed are the poor in spirit, who know their spirit needs God (Matthew 5:3). The warning of Jeremiah is not to abandon the fountain of living water for broken cisterns that hold none (Jeremiah 2:13).
Key Points
- God formed man from dust and breathed His own life into him; we are creations, not an accident (Genesis 2:7)
- Sin closed the way to the tree of life, so apart from God human life is a slow dying
- Every heart carries a God-sized emptiness that nothing in this world can fill
- Jesus is the living water; whoever drinks of Him will never thirst again (John 7:37-39)
- Salvation is only the start; we reach the end only by being led by the Holy Spirit
- Stay thirsty and humble, for blessed are the poor in spirit who know their need of God (Matthew 5:3)
- Do not trade the fountain of living water for broken cisterns that hold none (Jeremiah 2:13)
Devotional
Pause and ask yourself honestly: what am I trying to pour into the emptiness only God can fill? The things of this world are like broken cisterns that leak as fast as we fill them, leaving us thirsty again. Today Jesus still calls, 'Let anyone who is thirsty come to Me and drink.' Come humbly, like the poor in spirit who know their need, and let the Holy Spirit lead you one more step toward home. Choose His will over your own, and the living water will rise up within you.
There is a hole in every heart the size of God, and only He can fill it.
Let anyone who is thirsty come to Me and drink.
Salvation is only the beginning; we reach the end led by the Spirit.
