The Missing Piece

It’s frustrating trying to complete a picture puzzle and realizing a piece is missing. The same is true when we try to make sense of our lives and discover something’s missing within.

Each of us has an emptiness that only God’s Spirit can fill. Philosophers speak of a “God-shaped hole,” and Augustine wrote, “Our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you.” Until we rest in God, inner peace and “completeness” will evade us. Drugs, drunkenness, riches, travel, sexual escapades and social activities won’t suffice.

That’s why the psalmist wrote, “’Come,’ my heart says, ‘seek his face!’ Your face, LORD, do I seek” (Psalm 27:8, NRSV). That’s also why Jesus said, “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly” (John 10:10, NRSV). Being filled with God is the only way to fill in the missing piece and have a truly fulfilled life.

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JESUS is the missing piece. He makes life complete!