What Are You Striving For?

“He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]…” Ecclesiastes 3:11 AMP

“Give me”, “I want”, and other phrases are common words children say, especially when you take them to the mall and they see all the toys they could have.

To them, having more toys would probably fill that void for more. So they keep asking for the next thing until they realise the void is still there. This feeling for more has still not left us even as adults.

This is why according to Economists, human wants are unending. We’re never satisfied and keep striving to get more.

Some try to fill this void by equating the physical toys they have to the feeling of accomplishment. Others fill the void by pursuing a cause, standing for something, and even crime. It’s all a bid to find what’s making us empty.

Every time you work, you know there’s a deeper and bigger reason, but it’s taking you almost an eternity to figure it all out.

This isn’t abnormal because even Solomon observed this and discovered that the void was placed there by the Creator Himself as a homing signal back to Him.

He knows that we’ll always try to understand the meaning of life and why we exist, so He made access to Him possible so that void can be filled.

We may not be able to figure everything out, but having an understanding of why will set our actions in the right direction.

Don’t stop asking yourself why you love or don’t love what you do. Don’t stop trying to find out how to live with a sense of fulfilment every day. Don’t stop trying to discover what you need to do to feel less empty. Don’t stop trying to fill the void.

Instead of roaming through life, taking all the crap that others give you, ask. As you ask, your homing signal gets stronger leading you to the One who can answer.