Carl Jung said long ago, The central neurosis of our time is emptiness. Could it still continue today?
Emptiness is a choker. It lives in nursing homes. Sadder yet, it reigns in coffee shops, classrooms, and even in church pews. Emptiness, though, gives you and me purpose because we are fillers since we have been Filled.
Believers are a perfect match for this problem that plagues mankind.
Filled with gratitude, filled with purpose, and filled with His Holy Spirit, of all people we are the ones who have filling to offer.
And guess who needs filling? Millions! Some are CEOs. Others are homeless. Yet, others are simply prim and proper....and so very lonely.
E. Stanley Jones wrote in Conversion that it was said by a certain Christian in India regarding another, He is suffering from nothingness. Jones points out that human nature simply can't stand emptiness and meaninglessness. It gets jumpy, jittery, and goes to pieces.
Imagine. If you were to discover a culture that has tried everything and basically concludes that most is in vain, what could be done for this sort? Ah, how about inserting the church of the living God?!?
We are perfectly poised for meaning and purpose because Problems is the name of the day for lines as far as we can see.
I urge us to continue to awaken to the truth that our purpose is highlighted when problems exist; and many do. Be encouraged. Discouragement is nothing but a red flag of opportunity for those who believe God can do what we could never imagine...Eph. 3:20.
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