Full of Emptiness

Based on Lamentations 1-2, Hebrews 10:1-18

"How doth the city sit solitary, That was full of people! How is she become as a widow! She that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, How is she become tributary!"

Lamentations 1:1

Jeremiah laments for Israel, once a thriving city, now (in his time) so broken down & desolate...in recent years, it's seemed this way to us as well...either eerie quietness in the streets, or extreme lashing out & rioting...either way, there is emptiness...one is emptiness of the earth, void of people, and the other is emptiness in the hearts of people, which cause the riots & attacks. In both cases, there's starvation & hunger for God!

"Her gates are sunk into the ground; He hath destroyed and broken her bars: Her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: The law is no more; Her prophets also find No vision from the LORD." Lamentations 2:9

Sinking. Sulking. Destruction. Brokenness. The law no more...our country is no stranger to lawlessness today. It's hard to find a vision for a better world today...but if we seek that vision in a world full of emptiness, we will never find it. We need to seek fulfillment in Jesus! He is everlasting! Never-ending! And if we come to Him in emptiness, He will pour into us the refreshing new life we need!

"This is the covenant that I will make with them After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, And in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more." Hebrews 10:16‭-‬17

Instead of being full of emptiness of God, we will be full of emptiness of the world! The world will no longer hold us captive to trouble! Our faith & trust will be placed in God. When we repent, we empty. When we are baptized, we are washed. When we receive the Holy Ghost, we are renewed & REVIVED! Empty out the world & fill up on GOD!