Have you ever heard of the metaphor about the “God-shaped hole”?  I have heard several Christian teachers refer to it.  The idea is that each of us has a “God-shaped hole” – in other words, a need for God that nothing else can fill. But we sometimes try to fill this hole with things other than God. Perhaps we try to fill this hole with money, or success at work or in school, or with food, or maybe by seeking attention… But at the end of the day, nothing will truly satisfy except for God Himself.

God created both you and me to be aware of our need for Him. He did so because He wants a relationship with us. The Bible says, in Psalm 103, that God “created our inmost being”—He knows what we need, and it’s Him. God designed us to go through life with Him. Not just to go to church on Sundays, or to pray before we go to sleep at night…but to be walking with Him throughout our entire lives.

As you think about how you can be reaching your world with the Good News of Jesus Christ, consider that each person has a “God-shaped hole”. It’s real and it is there. There is not one person in this entire universe who is without it. This should encourage you to spread the truth about Jesus to everyone. After all, nothing but Jesus will fill the void.

This is Luis Palau.