A great pastor, Dr. Dave Foster, in Nashville, Tennessee, taught me about a God-sized hole in every person's heart that must be filled. As I mature in Christ, that analogy rings more true. That God-sized hole explains every sort of awful behavior in which man can engage. There is a void, a massive bottomless pit in every heart that can only be filled with the love of Christ.
C.S. Lewis was thinking along the same lines when he said, "I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy." C.S. is referring to the very same "joy" that Paul refers to in his letter to the Galatians 5:22, "the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith..."
If you have never known the joy that can only come from knowing the love of your heavenly father, don't let the sun go down again without experiencing it. "God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that those who believe in Him, will not perish, but will have everlasting life." John 3:16. If you accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of your life, pray, right now, that you accept his precious offer as a sacrifice on the cross, that paid your way into heaven.
If you prayed that prayer for the first time today, welcome to the family! Find a Bible-believing church right away, and let them feed and nurture your new faith in Christ, that you might finally experience a God-sized joy!
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